FRAGMENTATE Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

fragmentate

verb

Definition of fragmentate

as in to fragment

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Verb

That meant there was no single office, agency or organization capable of addressing residents’ concerns, but a patchwork of agencies where responsibility is fragmented.

— Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
The data got connected while the work at the store stayed fragmented.

— Peter Kellis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of fragment

Verb

This is a great opportunity to segment and target donor audiences, particularly those making gifts close to or under $1,000.

— Dale Bannon, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
An Audience Simulation Agent can segment audiences and simulate how individual groups could react to a message before its release.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of segment

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Kingsolver cut off her waist-length hair and started wearing combat boots and an Army overcoat.

— Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Now their campaign appears to be entering a new phase, with a major offensive aimed at cutting off government forces in a central part of Yemen.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of cut off

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Recent history recalls plans to partition Iraq into ethnic substates.

— David Armitage, Washington Post, 26 June 2026
In August 1947 the Indian subcontinent achieved independence from British rule but was simultaneously partitioned into the separate countries India and Pakistan.

— Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026

Definition of partition

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The Virginia Tech solutions aim to incorporate the ability to break down directly into the adhesive's molecular structure.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026
To break down a plastic bottle, science doesn’t need a hammer, but a microscopic scalpel.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of break down

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The backstory Wynn Las Vegas opened in 2005 on the site of the old Desert Inn, with Encore following in 2008; the big move was pulling spectacle inside instead of giving it away free at the curb.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2026
Swift pulled from a few melodramatic thrillers throughout the years.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of pull

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Once a week, a group of former drug-traffickers gather in a small recording studio on the outskirts of Rio to dissect their past lives of crime and those of their guests.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
The couple doesn’t appear in public together very often, so there’s not even that much to dissect.

— StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of dissect

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