Definition of fragment in English:

fragment

noun ˈfraɡm(ə)ntˈfræɡmənt

1A small part broken off or separated from something.
碎片，碎块，破片
small fragments of pottery
陶器、玻璃和瓦的小碎片。
Example sentencesExamples
- The Museum contains a collection of over 2000 meteorite fragments found all over the world.
- Besides ruins of wooden buildings, archeologists have found fragments of ceramic pottery.
- After a fracture, the broken fragments of bone usually separate to some degree.
- In support of the inside explosion theory the insurers rely in particular on the fact that no large fragments of plating were found in the engine room.
- A break came in 2003 when a team returned to the hill and recovered several fragments of teeth and bone.
- Even today visitors can scour the area and come up with fragments of dinosaur eggshell or fossilized bone shards of Protoceratops.
- He added more coins to the handkerchief and started a separate pile containing of fragments of the jug.
- Analysis of fragments of virus from preserved lung tissue samples suggest that it jumped to the human population from pigs.
- The only other known Ice Age figurative art in Britain consists of a few engravings on fragments of animal bone, also found at Creswell Crags.
- Excavations revealed a large concrete and brick foundation with a number of fragments of old laboratory equipment.
- It was there that rescue workers combed the debris with rakes, painstakingly searching for the tiniest fragments of human remains.
- Detectives also found about 130 fragments of steel shrapnel lying around the blast scene.
- She threw it in to the garbage pile where the broken fragments of the instruments had been piled together.
- Every fact is valuable, like a fragment of pottery to an archaeologist.
- These images help your dentist to see if there are any broken roots under the gum, or fragments of tooth stuck in your lip or tongue.
- Scattered all about it there are fragments of broken shells to tell the tale of careful hunting.
- I noted how its curved edges were constructed from broken fragments of tiles.
- No findings of any archaeological significance have been made to date, except some fragments of broken pottery and glass.
Synonyms
piece, bit, particle, speck
chip, shard, sliver, splinter
shaving, paring, snippet, scrap, offcut, flake, shred, tatter, wisp, morsel, shiver, spillikin
(fragments), smithereens
Scottish skelf
technical spall
1. 1.1 An isolated or incomplete part of something.
  片断，片段；不完整的部分
  Nathan remembered fragments of the conversation
  内森想起了那次谈话的一些片段。
  Example sentencesExamples
  From the many fragments that remain of her poetry, I have chosen those that best reflect something of this beauty.
  I asked him how he managed to evoke such realism in his neolithic and bronze age settings even down to fragments of lost languages.
  In her scrolls, fragments of words are combined with fragments of images, so that the idea of a single reading or truth is scorned.
  They're my particular way of writing my autobiography, the fragments of my day which make up an impression of my state of mind in a particular place.
  It was composed of remnants, fragments, collages, woven together delicately with words.
  Back in Texas's room, she and Katie were trying to piece together the fragments of the night before.
  I think they are likely to lead to conflicts between fragments and fractions within ruling corporate elites.
  The arguments of both are based on the fragment of an ancient text, preserved by accident in a remote province.
  There, I just shared a fragment of my unfortunate life in front of strangers.
  Then you notice, down at the bottom and off to the side, a fragment of a temporary wooden fence, broken and collapsing.
  Open-ended narratives are pieced together from fragments of description and overheard conversations.
  I'd given them the pieces, the fragments of knowledge, and they'd put them together to build that.
  He just kept shivering and muttering incoherent fragments of distorted English.
  I like fragments of writing and particularly enjoyed this piece.
  Remember: what you see here is a tiny fragment of people's lives, the portion they choose to share, and it's often very different to the full picture.
  She's still trying to piece together the fragments of other people's memories.
  Perhaps it's best that we only remember fragments; the full story would be too much to live with every day.
  Most of the costumes are fragments rather then complete outfits.
  Diagrams of spheres and collaged textural elements are part of a surface crowded with fragments.
  Participants will be given fragments of a message as they move on the grid according to pre-generated patterns.
  Synonyms
  snatch, snippet, scrap, bit, smattering, extract, excerpt
  part, section, chapter, movement

verb fraɡˈmɛntfræɡˈmɛnt

Break or cause to break into fragments.
裂成碎片；使裂成碎片
no object Lough Erne fragmented into a series of lakes
厄恩湖被分成几个湖泊。
with object management has tighter control through fragmenting the tasks
Example sentencesExamples
- What impression can voters have of a party that is fragmenting and apparently collapsing?
- Charles' great empire collapsed steadily, fragmenting into dozens of pieces.
- What this beast of crime is doing to us is further fragmenting the fabric of our society.
- In an age where media is fragmenting, becoming more specialised, a station with as broad a remit and geographic reach as Radio Scotland increasingly looks like an anachronism.
- The fact that air traffic control is fragmented is resulting in flight delays all over Europe.
- Following Hammurabi's death in 1750 B.C., the old pattern emerged once again of Mesopotamian empires fragmenting after the passing of their founders.
- Roads are a major force in fragmenting the habitats of plants and animals.
- And there is no documentary evidence that we will improve the quality of Government by fragmenting it and scattering it across the countryside, he said.
- Other issues included a lack of tendering and contract law and fragmented control of projects.
- Television still has a fragmenting nature about it in Canada due to bilingualism and more recently in specialty channels which cater to our multicultural population.
- In a society that seems to be fragmenting even as we watch, the kind of community spirit you find in clubs like this is priceless.
- However, the highly fragmented nature of the industry will cap the prices that operators can charge.
- Regarding the long term scheme, she warned of the danger of fragmenting the site which could be ‘a disadvantage to any overall vision’.
- Rather than fragmenting the book, however, these somewhat chronological chapters are passages, giving definition for and direction to the migration.
- TV still grabs the largest share of budgets but, as more homes turn multi-channel, TV audiences are fragmenting and marketers are seeking other ways to reach them.
- As the money-hungry youngsters fight to claim an early inheritance, Penelope embarks on a journey of peace and order to save the family that is fragmenting about her.
- Well probably not by itself, but it is part of a change in media consumption that we need to keep an eye on, because the media environment and the way that people can consume media is fragmenting rapidly.
- At worst, they could exacerbate it: by further fragmenting England's teaching workforce and by promoting low professional expectations.
- When each failed to win control of the central state, the locus of conflict shifted to major strategic resources such as cities and ports, fragmenting the clan alliances.
- It's fragmenting, the new technologies are changing how information is handled the pace is relentless, and allegations of bias are political weapons.
Synonyms
break up, break, break into pieces, crack open/apart, shatter, splinter, fracture, burst apart, explode, blow apart, implode
disintegrate, come to pieces, fall to pieces, fall apart, collapse, break down, tumble down
smash, smash to smithereens
informal bust
technical spall
rare shiver

Derivatives

fragmental

adjective ˌfraɡˈmɛnt(ə)lfræɡˈmɛn(t)l

Geology

Consisting of small parts that are disconnected or incomplete.
fragmental volcanic material
Example sentencesExamples
- The fossiliferous ledge overlies a thin, resistant, phosphatic sandstone containing fragmental orbiculoid brachiopods and fish teeth, typical components of the Meade Peak Member of the Phosphoria Formation.
- Previous workers considered the fine-grained red bed strata (called red RAT) as Lower Roan rocks thrust from the south, and the associated fragmental rocks as tectonic friction breccias.
- The surface is covered everywhere with a thin fragmental layer (known as soil, or ‘regolith’) that consists mainly of ground-up and remelted lunar rocks, with an average grain size of less than 0.1 millimeters.

Origin

Late Middle English: from French, or from Latin fragmentum, from frangere 'to break'.

Definition of fragment in US English:

fragment

nounˈfraɡməntˈfræɡmənt

1A small part broken or separated off something.
碎片，碎块，破片
small fragments of pottery, glass, and tiles
陶器、玻璃和瓦的小碎片。
Example sentencesExamples
- In support of the inside explosion theory the insurers rely in particular on the fact that no large fragments of plating were found in the engine room.
- I noted how its curved edges were constructed from broken fragments of tiles.
- These images help your dentist to see if there are any broken roots under the gum, or fragments of tooth stuck in your lip or tongue.
- Every fact is valuable, like a fragment of pottery to an archaeologist.
- Scattered all about it there are fragments of broken shells to tell the tale of careful hunting.
- It was there that rescue workers combed the debris with rakes, painstakingly searching for the tiniest fragments of human remains.
- Even today visitors can scour the area and come up with fragments of dinosaur eggshell or fossilized bone shards of Protoceratops.
- A break came in 2003 when a team returned to the hill and recovered several fragments of teeth and bone.
- Excavations revealed a large concrete and brick foundation with a number of fragments of old laboratory equipment.
- She threw it in to the garbage pile where the broken fragments of the instruments had been piled together.
- After a fracture, the broken fragments of bone usually separate to some degree.
- He added more coins to the handkerchief and started a separate pile containing of fragments of the jug.
- Detectives also found about 130 fragments of steel shrapnel lying around the blast scene.
- Besides ruins of wooden buildings, archeologists have found fragments of ceramic pottery.
- Analysis of fragments of virus from preserved lung tissue samples suggest that it jumped to the human population from pigs.
- The only other known Ice Age figurative art in Britain consists of a few engravings on fragments of animal bone, also found at Creswell Crags.
- No findings of any archaeological significance have been made to date, except some fragments of broken pottery and glass.
- The Museum contains a collection of over 2000 meteorite fragments found all over the world.
Synonyms
piece, bit, particle, speck
1. 1.1 An isolated or incomplete part of something.
  片断，片段；不完整的部分
  Nathan remembered fragments of that conversation
  内森想起了那次谈话的一些片段。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Back in Texas's room, she and Katie were trying to piece together the fragments of the night before.
  There, I just shared a fragment of my unfortunate life in front of strangers.
  Open-ended narratives are pieced together from fragments of description and overheard conversations.
  I'd given them the pieces, the fragments of knowledge, and they'd put them together to build that.
  Remember: what you see here is a tiny fragment of people's lives, the portion they choose to share, and it's often very different to the full picture.
  Diagrams of spheres and collaged textural elements are part of a surface crowded with fragments.
  The arguments of both are based on the fragment of an ancient text, preserved by accident in a remote province.
  From the many fragments that remain of her poetry, I have chosen those that best reflect something of this beauty.
  Perhaps it's best that we only remember fragments; the full story would be too much to live with every day.
  In her scrolls, fragments of words are combined with fragments of images, so that the idea of a single reading or truth is scorned.
  I asked him how he managed to evoke such realism in his neolithic and bronze age settings even down to fragments of lost languages.
  I think they are likely to lead to conflicts between fragments and fractions within ruling corporate elites.
  He just kept shivering and muttering incoherent fragments of distorted English.
  I like fragments of writing and particularly enjoyed this piece.
  Participants will be given fragments of a message as they move on the grid according to pre-generated patterns.
  Most of the costumes are fragments rather then complete outfits.
  It was composed of remnants, fragments, collages, woven together delicately with words.
  Then you notice, down at the bottom and off to the side, a fragment of a temporary wooden fence, broken and collapsing.
  They're my particular way of writing my autobiography, the fragments of my day which make up an impression of my state of mind in a particular place.
  She's still trying to piece together the fragments of other people's memories.
  Synonyms
  snatch, snippet, scrap, bit, smattering, extract, excerpt

verbfræɡˈmɛntfraɡˈment

Break or cause to break into fragments.
裂成碎片；使裂成碎片
no object his followers fragmented into sects
Example sentencesExamples
- Rather than fragmenting the book, however, these somewhat chronological chapters are passages, giving definition for and direction to the migration.
- Roads are a major force in fragmenting the habitats of plants and animals.
- At worst, they could exacerbate it: by further fragmenting England's teaching workforce and by promoting low professional expectations.
- However, the highly fragmented nature of the industry will cap the prices that operators can charge.
- TV still grabs the largest share of budgets but, as more homes turn multi-channel, TV audiences are fragmenting and marketers are seeking other ways to reach them.
- When each failed to win control of the central state, the locus of conflict shifted to major strategic resources such as cities and ports, fragmenting the clan alliances.
- What impression can voters have of a party that is fragmenting and apparently collapsing?
- And there is no documentary evidence that we will improve the quality of Government by fragmenting it and scattering it across the countryside, he said.
- In a society that seems to be fragmenting even as we watch, the kind of community spirit you find in clubs like this is priceless.
- Charles' great empire collapsed steadily, fragmenting into dozens of pieces.
- In an age where media is fragmenting, becoming more specialised, a station with as broad a remit and geographic reach as Radio Scotland increasingly looks like an anachronism.
- Following Hammurabi's death in 1750 B.C., the old pattern emerged once again of Mesopotamian empires fragmenting after the passing of their founders.
- Well probably not by itself, but it is part of a change in media consumption that we need to keep an eye on, because the media environment and the way that people can consume media is fragmenting rapidly.
- Other issues included a lack of tendering and contract law and fragmented control of projects.
- What this beast of crime is doing to us is further fragmenting the fabric of our society.
- Regarding the long term scheme, she warned of the danger of fragmenting the site which could be ‘a disadvantage to any overall vision’.
- The fact that air traffic control is fragmented is resulting in flight delays all over Europe.
- Television still has a fragmenting nature about it in Canada due to bilingualism and more recently in specialty channels which cater to our multicultural population.
- It's fragmenting, the new technologies are changing how information is handled the pace is relentless, and allegations of bias are political weapons.
- As the money-hungry youngsters fight to claim an early inheritance, Penelope embarks on a journey of peace and order to save the family that is fragmenting about her.
Synonyms
break up, break, break into pieces, crack apart, crack open, shatter, splinter, fracture, burst apart, explode, blow apart, implode

Origin

Late Middle English: from French, or from Latin fragmentum, from frangere ‘to break’.

词汇	fragment
释义	Definition of fragment in English: fragment noun ˈfraɡm(ə)ntˈfræɡmənt 1A small part broken off or separated from something. 碎片，碎块，破片 small fragments of pottery 陶器、玻璃和瓦的小碎片。 Example sentencesExamples The Museum contains a collection of over 2000 meteorite fragments found all over the world. Besides ruins of wooden buildings, archeologists have found fragments of ceramic pottery. After a fracture, the broken fragments of bone usually separate to some degree. In support of the inside explosion theory the insurers rely in particular on the fact that no large fragments of plating were found in the engine room. A break came in 2003 when a team returned to the hill and recovered several fragments of teeth and bone. Even today visitors can scour the area and come up with fragments of dinosaur eggshell or fossilized bone shards of Protoceratops. He added more coins to the handkerchief and started a separate pile containing of fragments of the jug. Analysis of fragments of virus from preserved lung tissue samples suggest that it jumped to the human population from pigs. The only other known Ice Age figurative art in Britain consists of a few engravings on fragments of animal bone, also found at Creswell Crags. Excavations revealed a large concrete and brick foundation with a number of fragments of old laboratory equipment. It was there that rescue workers combed the debris with rakes, painstakingly searching for the tiniest fragments of human remains. Detectives also found about 130 fragments of steel shrapnel lying around the blast scene. She threw it in to the garbage pile where the broken fragments of the instruments had been piled together. Every fact is valuable, like a fragment of pottery to an archaeologist. These images help your dentist to see if there are any broken roots under the gum, or fragments of tooth stuck in your lip or tongue. Scattered all about it there are fragments of broken shells to tell the tale of careful hunting. I noted how its curved edges were constructed from broken fragments of tiles. No findings of any archaeological significance have been made to date, except some fragments of broken pottery and glass. Synonyms piece, bit, particle, speck chip, shard, sliver, splinter shaving, paring, snippet, scrap, offcut, flake, shred, tatter, wisp, morsel, shiver, spillikin (fragments), smithereens Scottish skelf technical spall 1.1 An isolated or incomplete part of something. 片断，片段；不完整的部分 Nathan remembered fragments of the conversation 内森想起了那次谈话的一些片段。 Example sentencesExamples From the many fragments that remain of her poetry, I have chosen those that best reflect something of this beauty. I asked him how he managed to evoke such realism in his neolithic and bronze age settings even down to fragments of lost languages. In her scrolls, fragments of words are combined with fragments of images, so that the idea of a single reading or truth is scorned. They're my particular way of writing my autobiography, the fragments of my day which make up an impression of my state of mind in a particular place. It was composed of remnants, fragments, collages, woven together delicately with words. Back in Texas's room, she and Katie were trying to piece together the fragments of the night before. I think they are likely to lead to conflicts between fragments and fractions within ruling corporate elites. The arguments of both are based on the fragment of an ancient text, preserved by accident in a remote province. There, I just shared a fragment of my unfortunate life in front of strangers. Then you notice, down at the bottom and off to the side, a fragment of a temporary wooden fence, broken and collapsing. Open-ended narratives are pieced together from fragments of description and overheard conversations. I'd given them the pieces, the fragments of knowledge, and they'd put them together to build that. He just kept shivering and muttering incoherent fragments of distorted English. I like fragments of writing and particularly enjoyed this piece. Remember: what you see here is a tiny fragment of people's lives, the portion they choose to share, and it's often very different to the full picture. She's still trying to piece together the fragments of other people's memories. Perhaps it's best that we only remember fragments; the full story would be too much to live with every day. Most of the costumes are fragments rather then complete outfits. Diagrams of spheres and collaged textural elements are part of a surface crowded with fragments. Participants will be given fragments of a message as they move on the grid according to pre-generated patterns. Synonyms snatch, snippet, scrap, bit, smattering, extract, excerpt part, section, chapter, movement verb fraɡˈmɛntfræɡˈmɛnt Break or cause to break into fragments. 裂成碎片；使裂成碎片 no object Lough Erne fragmented into a series of lakes 厄恩湖被分成几个湖泊。 with object management has tighter control through fragmenting the tasks Example sentencesExamples What impression can voters have of a party that is fragmenting and apparently collapsing? Charles' great empire collapsed steadily, fragmenting into dozens of pieces. What this beast of crime is doing to us is further fragmenting the fabric of our society. In an age where media is fragmenting, becoming more specialised, a station with as broad a remit and geographic reach as Radio Scotland increasingly looks like an anachronism. The fact that air traffic control is fragmented is resulting in flight delays all over Europe. Following Hammurabi's death in 1750 B.C., the old pattern emerged once again of Mesopotamian empires fragmenting after the passing of their founders. Roads are a major force in fragmenting the habitats of plants and animals. And there is no documentary evidence that we will improve the quality of Government by fragmenting it and scattering it across the countryside, he said. Other issues included a lack of tendering and contract law and fragmented control of projects. Television still has a fragmenting nature about it in Canada due to bilingualism and more recently in specialty channels which cater to our multicultural population. In a society that seems to be fragmenting even as we watch, the kind of community spirit you find in clubs like this is priceless. However, the highly fragmented nature of the industry will cap the prices that operators can charge. Regarding the long term scheme, she warned of the danger of fragmenting the site which could be ‘a disadvantage to any overall vision’. Rather than fragmenting the book, however, these somewhat chronological chapters are passages, giving definition for and direction to the migration. TV still grabs the largest share of budgets but, as more homes turn multi-channel, TV audiences are fragmenting and marketers are seeking other ways to reach them. As the money-hungry youngsters fight to claim an early inheritance, Penelope embarks on a journey of peace and order to save the family that is fragmenting about her. Well probably not by itself, but it is part of a change in media consumption that we need to keep an eye on, because the media environment and the way that people can consume media is fragmenting rapidly. At worst, they could exacerbate it: by further fragmenting England's teaching workforce and by promoting low professional expectations. When each failed to win control of the central state, the locus of conflict shifted to major strategic resources such as cities and ports, fragmenting the clan alliances. It's fragmenting, the new technologies are changing how information is handled the pace is relentless, and allegations of bias are political weapons. Synonyms break up, break, break into pieces, crack open/apart, shatter, splinter, fracture, burst apart, explode, blow apart, implode disintegrate, come to pieces, fall to pieces, fall apart, collapse, break down, tumble down smash, smash to smithereens informal bust technical spall rare shiver Derivatives fragmental adjective ˌfraɡˈmɛnt(ə)lfræɡˈmɛn(t)l Geology Consisting of small parts that are disconnected or incomplete. fragmental volcanic material Example sentencesExamples The fossiliferous ledge overlies a thin, resistant, phosphatic sandstone containing fragmental orbiculoid brachiopods and fish teeth, typical components of the Meade Peak Member of the Phosphoria Formation. Previous workers considered the fine-grained red bed strata (called red RAT) as Lower Roan rocks thrust from the south, and the associated fragmental rocks as tectonic friction breccias. The surface is covered everywhere with a thin fragmental layer (known as soil, or ‘regolith’) that consists mainly of ground-up and remelted lunar rocks, with an average grain size of less than 0.1 millimeters. Origin Late Middle English: from French, or from Latin fragmentum, from frangere 'to break'. Definition of fragment in US English: fragment nounˈfraɡməntˈfræɡmənt 1A small part broken or separated off something. 碎片，碎块，破片 small fragments of pottery, glass, and tiles 陶器、玻璃和瓦的小碎片。 Example sentencesExamples In support of the inside explosion theory the insurers rely in particular on the fact that no large fragments of plating were found in the engine room. I noted how its curved edges were constructed from broken fragments of tiles. These images help your dentist to see if there are any broken roots under the gum, or fragments of tooth stuck in your lip or tongue. Every fact is valuable, like a fragment of pottery to an archaeologist. Scattered all about it there are fragments of broken shells to tell the tale of careful hunting. It was there that rescue workers combed the debris with rakes, painstakingly searching for the tiniest fragments of human remains. Even today visitors can scour the area and come up with fragments of dinosaur eggshell or fossilized bone shards of Protoceratops. A break came in 2003 when a team returned to the hill and recovered several fragments of teeth and bone. Excavations revealed a large concrete and brick foundation with a number of fragments of old laboratory equipment. She threw it in to the garbage pile where the broken fragments of the instruments had been piled together. After a fracture, the broken fragments of bone usually separate to some degree. He added more coins to the handkerchief and started a separate pile containing of fragments of the jug. Detectives also found about 130 fragments of steel shrapnel lying around the blast scene. Besides ruins of wooden buildings, archeologists have found fragments of ceramic pottery. Analysis of fragments of virus from preserved lung tissue samples suggest that it jumped to the human population from pigs. The only other known Ice Age figurative art in Britain consists of a few engravings on fragments of animal bone, also found at Creswell Crags. No findings of any archaeological significance have been made to date, except some fragments of broken pottery and glass. The Museum contains a collection of over 2000 meteorite fragments found all over the world. Synonyms piece, bit, particle, speck 1.1 An isolated or incomplete part of something. 片断，片段；不完整的部分 Nathan remembered fragments of that conversation 内森想起了那次谈话的一些片段。 Example sentencesExamples Back in Texas's room, she and Katie were trying to piece together the fragments of the night before. There, I just shared a fragment of my unfortunate life in front of strangers. Open-ended narratives are pieced together from fragments of description and overheard conversations. I'd given them the pieces, the fragments of knowledge, and they'd put them together to build that. Remember: what you see here is a tiny fragment of people's lives, the portion they choose to share, and it's often very different to the full picture. Diagrams of spheres and collaged textural elements are part of a surface crowded with fragments. The arguments of both are based on the fragment of an ancient text, preserved by accident in a remote province. From the many fragments that remain of her poetry, I have chosen those that best reflect something of this beauty. Perhaps it's best that we only remember fragments; the full story would be too much to live with every day. In her scrolls, fragments of words are combined with fragments of images, so that the idea of a single reading or truth is scorned. I asked him how he managed to evoke such realism in his neolithic and bronze age settings even down to fragments of lost languages. I think they are likely to lead to conflicts between fragments and fractions within ruling corporate elites. He just kept shivering and muttering incoherent fragments of distorted English. I like fragments of writing and particularly enjoyed this piece. Participants will be given fragments of a message as they move on the grid according to pre-generated patterns. Most of the costumes are fragments rather then complete outfits. It was composed of remnants, fragments, collages, woven together delicately with words. Then you notice, down at the bottom and off to the side, a fragment of a temporary wooden fence, broken and collapsing. They're my particular way of writing my autobiography, the fragments of my day which make up an impression of my state of mind in a particular place. She's still trying to piece together the fragments of other people's memories. Synonyms snatch, snippet, scrap, bit, smattering, extract, excerpt verbfræɡˈmɛntfraɡˈment Break or cause to break into fragments. 裂成碎片；使裂成碎片 no object his followers fragmented into sects Example sentencesExamples Rather than fragmenting the book, however, these somewhat chronological chapters are passages, giving definition for and direction to the migration. Roads are a major force in fragmenting the habitats of plants and animals. At worst, they could exacerbate it: by further fragmenting England's teaching workforce and by promoting low professional expectations. However, the highly fragmented nature of the industry will cap the prices that operators can charge. TV still grabs the largest share of budgets but, as more homes turn multi-channel, TV audiences are fragmenting and marketers are seeking other ways to reach them. When each failed to win control of the central state, the locus of conflict shifted to major strategic resources such as cities and ports, fragmenting the clan alliances. What impression can voters have of a party that is fragmenting and apparently collapsing? And there is no documentary evidence that we will improve the quality of Government by fragmenting it and scattering it across the countryside, he said. In a society that seems to be fragmenting even as we watch, the kind of community spirit you find in clubs like this is priceless. Charles' great empire collapsed steadily, fragmenting into dozens of pieces. In an age where media is fragmenting, becoming more specialised, a station with as broad a remit and geographic reach as Radio Scotland increasingly looks like an anachronism. Following Hammurabi's death in 1750 B.C., the old pattern emerged once again of Mesopotamian empires fragmenting after the passing of their founders. Well probably not by itself, but it is part of a change in media consumption that we need to keep an eye on, because the media environment and the way that people can consume media is fragmenting rapidly. Other issues included a lack of tendering and contract law and fragmented control of projects. What this beast of crime is doing to us is further fragmenting the fabric of our society. Regarding the long term scheme, she warned of the danger of fragmenting the site which could be ‘a disadvantage to any overall vision’. The fact that air traffic control is fragmented is resulting in flight delays all over Europe. Television still has a fragmenting nature about it in Canada due to bilingualism and more recently in specialty channels which cater to our multicultural population. It's fragmenting, the new technologies are changing how information is handled the pace is relentless, and allegations of bias are political weapons. As the money-hungry youngsters fight to claim an early inheritance, Penelope embarks on a journey of peace and order to save the family that is fragmenting about her. Synonyms break up, break, break into pieces, crack apart, crack open, shatter, splinter, fracture, burst apart, explode, blow apart, implode Origin Late Middle English: from French, or from Latin fragmentum, from frangere ‘to break’.
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