fragmentate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentate
Verb
  • Divided by borders, and further fragmented by custom and belief into tribelets of ideology, each suspicious and distrustful of the other.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
  • As human civilization developed in Egypt and Rome and India, lion and tiger populations were fragmented, decimated.
    Rebecca van Laer September 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The base can be flipped over and the underside is segmented to carry cupcakes more securely or use as a serving dish.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Appreciate the plurality of their needs and segment them into the top three priorities.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The closest buck was quartering away to my right, running hard.
    Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This military incursion sparked the American Revolution and led to the Constitution's Third Amendment, forbidding troops from being quartered in homes during peacetime.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Many girls and women have turned to online education being offered by organizations in other countries, but the nationwide blackout now cuts off their access to that, too.
    Chantelle Lee, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The oppressive rule has led to nations cutting off aid, leading to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile, muntins are the thin, vertical and horizontal pieces of wood that form a pattern within that latticework and provide structure for fittings such as Shoji screens and Fusuma sliding doors that are used to partition rooms in a house.
    Isabelle Kliger, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In 1920, the British government, under the Government of Ireland Act, partitioned Ireland, carving off six counties in the north and setting up the Protestant majority government of Northern Ireland.
    Philip Metres August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The table below breaks down the comparisons by category, in necessarily broad strokes.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The next section breaks down the absolute fundamentals of baking, like how to use parchment paper and sift flour.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Within minutes, the driver pulls back onto the road to haul the feed to an Algoma dairy farm, where livestock will eat it.
    Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Coach Sean Payton, aggressively calling for a 2-point conversion after pulling to within 1 point and then unwrapping the perfect play call to capture the lead.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Burt dissects every era and ties the albums to work by literary greats.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Tua Tagovailoa’s costly turnovers, issues on the offensive and defensive lines, the lack of turnovers, and pressure placed on quarterbacks and everything else that’s wrong with the team general manager Chris Grier built, and Mike McDaniel coaches has been dissected to death.
    Omar Kelly October 2, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Fragmentate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentate. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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