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
Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Biden's library team has the daunting task of raising money for the 46th president's legacy project at a moment when his party has become fragmented about the way ahead and many big Democratic donors have stopped writing checks.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
The pelvis and vertebrae were also fragmented.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Instead, the gamble backfired, producing a fragmented legislature with no dominant bloc for the first time in France's modern republic.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Biden's library team has the daunting task of raising money for the 46th president's legacy project at a moment when his party has become fragmented about the way ahead and many big Democratic donors have stopped writing checks.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
Power is fragmented because the LDP is internally divided, its coalition partner is losing ground, and the opposition is too disjointed to mount an effective challenge.
—Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
The pelvis and vertebrae were also fragmented.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmented
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While Japan’s opposition remains fractured, the far-right, anti-immigration Sanseito party made big gains in July’s upper house election, bringing once-fringe ideas into the political mainstream.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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Though Marcelo is the central character, the film’s emotional heart lies in his fractured relationship with his son Fernando.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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And while those enforcement actions have not yet translated into criminal cases or fines against the employers, the raids themselves in some cases significantly disrupted business operations.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Muscle cramps and playing surfaces As muscles fatigue, the normal balance between signals in the nervous system that direct muscles to contract and relax become disrupted.—
Michael Hales,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For her, the loss of $40 isn’t the real issue, but rather the broken trust and the strange turn the situation has taken.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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As the family unravels, Genevieve must summon the courage to save her broken family – and herself – but not without a cost.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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For instance, when the Martins were broke, before Christy gained the attention of legendary boxing promoter Don King, Jim, played on screen in a terrifying performance by Ben Foster, would take her to motel rooms to spar with men who would pay for the opportunity.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
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Sabalenka broke first, but then lost her serve twice in quick succession to concede the set.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Henry is broken, a shattered man, and there might not be any way to put him back together again.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Jorma Taccone, the Lonely Island member and former Saturday Night Live writer, suffered a shattered pelvis and a detached sacrum in a 20-foot fall from a ladder at his farmhouse in Connecticut.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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The scenes were shown in season 1 episode 2, when Billy Bob Thornton’s character goes to the hospital for a smashed finger.—
Brayden Garcia
July 10,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 July 2025
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Video from the crash site showed a silver Infiniti SUV with damage to the hood and a smashed windshield.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2025
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“Fragmented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmented. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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