fragmentize

verb

Definition of fragmentizenext
as in to fragment

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentize
  1. fragment
  2. partition
  3. segment
  4. quarter
  5. cut off
  6. bifurcate
  7. subdivide
  8. bisect
Verb
  • The mosaic industry is often fragmented, with design, manufacturing and installation handled by separate entities, which can lead to a loss of cohesion in the final product.
    Ray Corral, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte, a father of German nationalism, even accused Europeans of deliberately keeping German lands fragmented—the better to enlist German valor for their own conquests.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of fragment
Verb
  • Step 4 of the Install Ubuntu tutorial below will offer to partition your hard drive.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Apr. 2013
  • The designer’s team instead partitioned it, with a living area separate from the sleeping area.
    Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of partition
Verb
  • Marketers can segment audiences based on their shopping preferences—such as the frequency of purchases, brand loyalty or price sensitivity—aligning messages with consumer needs.
    Jon Jacobson, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • By segmenting the categories that will be the big engines this holiday, retailers will have more latitude to be more selective with their promotions.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of segment
Verb
  • Colby-Jack cheese slices, quartered (24 small squares total), divided 1 oz.
    Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In 1305, Wallace was captured by a Scottish knight and turned over to Edward, who ordered him hanged, drawn and quartered as a traitor.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2024
Definition of quarter
Verb
  • Earlier this week, Bangladesh's High Court ordered a high-level probe into the conglomerate’s power supply deal to the country—as the Adani group threatened to cut off power supply to the country over $850 million in unpaid dues.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Her body was eventually tossed off a cliff but the teens returned later and mutilated her corpse, cutting the body at least 180 times, removing a portion of a lung and cutting off her fingers, court records show.
    Marty Roney, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of cut off
Verb
  • That edge is somewhat novel in Star Wars’s universe of smugglers, which typically feels bifurcated between scoundrels with a heart of gold and petty criminals who are rarely more than their base nature.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 19 June 2024
  • One example is the need to bifurcate amounts into pre-2020 and post-2020 amounts.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of bifurcate
Verb
  • Soon after Taylor's death in 1895, his land on both sides of Lake McDonald — predecessor to Lake Austin — was subdivided and sold.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 24 June 2024
  • Additionally, more than 14 acres may be subdivided and built on.
    Mary Forgione, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of subdivide
Verb
  • The border wall begins at the Pacific Ocean, bisecting the half-acre Friendship Park.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Money is also going to the Miccosukee Tribe, whose lands in Miami-Dade County have been bisected.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2024
Definition of bisect
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fragmentize

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