fragment

²frag·ment

verb \-ˌment\

Definition of FRAGMENT

intransitive verb

: to fall to pieces

transitive verb

: to break up or apart into fragments

Examples of FRAGMENT

1. The party is fragmenting into warring factions.
2. These issues are fragmenting our society.
3. The property is being fragmented into subdivisions.

First Known Use of FRAGMENT

1818

Related to FRAGMENT

Synonyms: break up, bust, distintegrate, dismember, disrupt, fracture, break, rive

Related Words: atomize, crush, grind, powder, pulverize, reduce; blast, blow up, burst, detonate, explode; crack, pop, shatter, shiver, smash; chip, sliver, splinter, split; implode; destroy, ruin, wreck

Near Antonyms: doctor, fix, heal, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair

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Rhymes with FRAGMENT

absent, accent, Advent, anent, ascent, assent, augment, besprent, cement, comment, consent, content, convent, descent, detent, dissent, docent, event, extent, ferment, foment, frequent, hell-bent, indent, intent, invent, lament, loment, low-rent, mordent, outspent, percent, pigment, portent, present, prevent, pup tent, quitrent, rack-rent, relent, repent, resent, segment, Shymkent, Tashkent, torment, well-meant, wisent