as in fractured
forcibly separated into many pieces
restoring the fragmented Roman sculpture was like putting together a jigsaw puzzle
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as in disrupted
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
you can fragment that peanut brittle easily, but how it breaks is basically up to the brittle
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Recent Examples of fragmented
Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 5 Feb. 2026
The canvas of the film is very ruptured, very fragmented.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026
Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Responsibility is fragmented across HR, legal, procurement and vendors, leaving no clear authority over how systems behave once deployed.
—Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
But organizers said that the leaner program reflected a strategic reallocation of budget resources rather than a tightening of the belt as the trade show adjusts to a more cautious, fragmented global fashion market.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 5 Feb. 2026
The canvas of the film is very ruptured, very fragmented.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
The strong solar gravity and the pressure of the solar wind, or constant stream of particles streaming off our sun, fragmented the comet into several chunks.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Responsibility is fragmented across HR, legal, procurement and vendors, leaving no clear authority over how systems behave once deployed.
—Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmented
Adjective
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Mejia beat out a fractured field of more than 10 candidates, after three of the more mainstream liberals divided up the field.—
Paul Kane,
Washington Post,
14 Feb. 2026
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John Merryman Redondo Beach As the NBA season breaks for All-Star weekend, there is one player who is single-handedly leading his fractured team to victory after victory, with his great scoring, passing and stout defense.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Since June, federal immigration raids have disrupted neighborhoods and communities across Los Angeles and around the nation, including at work sites, along neighborhood streets and in commercial areas.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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This has disrupted standing deployment plans, scrambled ships to sail thousands of miles and put increasing strain on vessels and equipment that are already facing mounting maintenance issues.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Harbin, who transferred from Portage after also attending Bishop Noll and Don Bosco, gained eligibility, and Young returned after suffering a broken hand.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Many have pointed out that the evidence of climate change has only grown stronger over time with annual heat records being set and broken year after year and weather extremes from hurricanes to flooding to wildfires exacerbated by climate change.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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On February 10, after notching a silver in the men’s classic sprint, Ogden–six feet tall and lanky, with a bushy mustache–broke the solemnity of the medals ceremony.—
Bill Donahue,
Outside,
14 Feb. 2026
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In Friday’s round-robin game, Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson suggested that Canada’s Marc Kennedy broke the rules by touching the curling stone after it was released.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 Feb. 2026
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In the aftermath, astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories around the world to track a couple of dozen pieces of the shattered comet, in what appeared to be grouped in four main clusters of icy debris.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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The physical wounds will heal, Romero said, but the psychological toll and the shattered trust will not dissipate any time soon.—
Michael Kaplan,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Among the damage is a smashed statue of The Virgin Mary, other religious artifacts, like the tabernacle that stores communion, and destroyed furniture.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Daniel Hernandez doesn’t include tomatoes in his recipe, which means there’s no watery element to interfere with the buttery smashed avocados.—
Carolynn Carreño,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Fragmented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmented. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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