fragmentates

verb

present tense third-person singular of fragmentate
as in fragments

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  1. fragments
  2. breaks down
  3. cuts off
  4. bifurcates
  5. dissects
  6. bisects
  7. tears
  8. pulls
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  • When measurement is isolated, truth fragments across the organization.
    — Guy Yehiav, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Technology fragments children’s attention spans.
    — Kira Willey, CNBC, 17 June 2026
Definition of fragments
Verb
  • Both successful and unsuccessful attempts are included, allowing researchers to examine not only what a robot can accomplish but also where and why its performance breaks down.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But history shows that tech dominance is fragile when user trust breaks down.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of breaks down
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  • However, the closure of the National Tunnel cuts off all travelers at the midpoint.
    — Megan Shinn, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Grylls cuts off the animal’s tongue with a knife and boils it over a campfire.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of cuts off
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  • While designing the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, in the 1990s, the architect would sit by the river that bifurcates the city, looking at different metal treatments.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
  • For example, Highway 17 currently bifurcates a piece planners hope to lock in through Los Gatos.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 July 2021
Definition of bifurcates
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  • Filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain crafts a taut supernatural drama that dissects the patriarchy hiding beneath the veneer of a fairytale wedding.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
  • This German production, predominantly shot in Ukraine, carefully dissects how a gender transition and Russia’s invasion converge on the love between Olya (Tania Myronyshena) and Oleh (Markus Bright).
    — Sonya Vseliubska, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dissects
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  • Emergency services were sifting through the rubble of what used to be a nine-story building on the left bank of the Dnipro River that bisects the city as the sun rose and fires flared up around it.
    — Gleb Garanich, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • The dog is ahead and has stopped by the tree that bisects the diagonal; the girl with the bright red coat who seems to be paused behind him.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Definition of bisects
Verb
  • In a sense, the proof shows that a world in which love never returns is a world whose geometry tears itself apart—assuming, of course, the proof holds up.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of wiping firmware, an adversary nudges a setpoint, edits a protection parameter, distorts a sensor feed—or shows the operator a calm screen while the equipment tears itself apart.
    — Julian Durand, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of tears
Verb
  • As the motor pulls the tendons, the tail bends into an S-shape, creating the side-to-side motion that quietly moves the whole device forward.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Each summer, the Premier League’s financial power pulls further and further away from what the rest of Europe’s leagues can muster.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of pulls
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