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   frag·ment

   noun

   • 1. a small part broken or separated off something: "small fragments of pottery, glass, and tiles" Similar piecebitparticlespeckchipshardsliversplintershavingparingsnippetscrapoffcutflakeshredtatterwispmorselshiverspillikinsmithereensskelftechnical:spall
   • ▪ an isolated or incomplete part of something: "Nathan remembered fragments of that conversation" Similar snatchsnippetscrapbitsmatteringextractexcerptpartsectionchaptermovement

   verb

   • 1. break or cause to break into fragments: "his followers fragmented into sects"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French, or from Latin fragmentum, from frangere ‘to break’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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