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
Joanna Walsh
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
The combination of the Roku and Amazon user bases in this deal could boost the scale advertisers can get in an era when audiences have grown increasingly fragmented across sundry platforms.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 June 2025
Now that the all-instrumental album is finished, Getz faces the task of getting people to hear it, not an easy thing to do in today’s fragmented music market.
—Paul Liberatore, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
In India, mobile AI tools identify crop diseases and optimize water use across vast, fragmented farmlands.
—Shekar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
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Adjective
Writers of short stories furnish small spaces—not ten-room apartments—with immateriality that, fragmented, creates the illusion of volume.
—Joanna Walsh
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
The combination of the Roku and Amazon user bases in this deal could boost the scale advertisers can get in an era when audiences have grown increasingly fragmented across sundry platforms.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 June 2025
Now that the all-instrumental album is finished, Getz faces the task of getting people to hear it, not an easy thing to do in today’s fragmented music market.
—Paul Liberatore, Mercury News, 13 June 2025
In India, mobile AI tools identify crop diseases and optimize water use across vast, fragmented farmlands.
—Shekar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmented
Adjective
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Failing to address this can create fractured ownership, legal disputes, or forced sales.—
Raul Elizalde,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Nevertheless, Ramsey and the Dolphins being reunited at this point seems highly unlikely as this is a severely fractured relationship.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
23 June 2025
Verb
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Behind the scenes there was no doubt other dreams were dashed and processes disrupted.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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After a season disrupted by injuries and fewer starts, the writing was on the wall.—
Julia Ranney,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Several broken waste bins were not fixed in a timely manner.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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The problem is worsened by the broken and outmoded state of the Oscars’ Best International Feature category, which lets foreign governments handpick their own submissions and launder their public images.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
25 June 2025
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Lewis, who read the quarterback perfectly and was initially positioned near the back of the end zone, broke hard toward the area before Maye had finished his delivery.—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
23 Dec. 2024
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After news of Lively’s complaint broke, WME dropped Baldoni as a client.—
Kimberly Nordyke,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Customers looking for a punch of protein can add rotisserie-style chicken or steak at no additional cost or can pay extra for a scoop of smashed avocado.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
3 Apr. 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 30 Jun. 2025.
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