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to fragment
01
to break into smaller pieces
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
fragment
3rd person singular
fragments
Past simple
fragmented
Past participle
fragmented
Examples
Glass fragments easily when dropped.
Fragment
01
a small piece or part that has broken off from a larger whole, often referring to objects or materials
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
fragments
Examples
The archaeologist carefully examined each fragment of pottery found at the excavation site.
02
an incomplete or unfinished part of something, especially a text, idea, or structure
Examples
The poem survives only in a short fragment.
Lexical Tree
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