fragmentized

verb

past tense of fragmentize
as in fragmentated

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  1. fragmented
  2. bifurcated
  3. cut off
  4. bisected
  5. dissected
  6. cleaved
  7. rent
  8. fractured
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  • The result is a second tier of currencies that is increasingly fragmented, with none able to pose any real challenge to the reigning currency hegemon.
    — Gordon Liao, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Yet global methane levels continue to rise, and experts say efforts to tackle the crisis are fragmented and insufficient to meet the urgency of the situation.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of fragmented
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  • Major economic forecasters and industry groups anticipate a solid, albeit bifurcated, 2026 holiday shopping season.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The impasse dates back to summer 2023, when the City Council bifurcated the new collective bargaining agreement with the FOP.
    — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of bifurcated
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  • Police in South Africa have arrested five suspects in connection with a violent farm robbery in the North West province in which a 50-year-old farmer was shot and had his ears cut off.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The village of Chama in New Mexico was evacuated and cut off by road closures.
    — Christopher Weber, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of cut off
Verb
  • Imagine bringing up rabies to somebody who had just been bisected and then stuck back together with what, at least to him, looked like packing tape?
    — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The building’s three lower floors, including a ground-floor shop, caved in before dawn in the district of Maltepe, on the Asian side of Istanbul, a city that is bisected by the Bosporus Strait.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of bisected
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  • Anything this pair does for the next several months that is not together will be scrutinized, dissected, interpreted, and ESPN can only blame itself.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The fallout has been dissected by the public for years, with both Cooper and Franklyn speaking broadly about it.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of dissected
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  • The arid landscape is creased with rugged mountain ranges, cleaved by scenic canyons and filled with vast stretches of open space interrupted by midsize cities and small towns that spring like oases from the desert floor.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The capricious shift is whiplash-inducing, as if editors Adam Gough and Tom Eagles cleaved a sizable chunk of footage from the film.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of cleaved
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  • Through the hotel, guests can sign up for snowshoe hikes or Bavarian curling lessons and rent ice skates and Nordic skis.
    — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2026
  • James Carras, an affordable housing advocate who joined the meeting, argued people making below 80% of the area median income should be the ones renting the affordable housing under Live Local.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of rent
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  • His relationship with Michael, which fractured after he was caught, has mended.
    — New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The two progressive labor unions were once allies, but their relationship fractured last year amid a labor dispute.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of fractured
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“Fragmentized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentized. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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