FRAGMENTATED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

fragmentated

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past tense of fragmentate

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If these are fragmented, biased or outdated, greater intelligence may simply scale poor judgment faster.

— Babajide Ojuola, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Over time, these rocks are fragmented and broken up into small mineral particles by plant roots forcing open cracks, or lichens secreting chemicals that dissolve rocks to release nutrients.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

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The replay spread across social media, where fans dissected the contact frame by frame and once again accused WNBA officials of allowing opponents to take non-basketball shots at Clark without immediate consequences.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Holmes is no stranger to having her life and her persona as a supposedly brilliant female tech wunderkind dissected by others.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026

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When the Commerce Department cut off sea grants for Maine’s flagship university, Collins called Secretary Howard Lutnick to save them.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026
But the President has not yet followed through on such an action, which would cut off global supplies from the world’s largest diesel exporter and likely worsen shortages around the world.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of cut off

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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
The screen is sometimes bifurcated between Carter’s livestream, which itself gets clogged with fan comments and emojis, and people watching it in Japan.

— William Earl, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of bifurcated

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Our shopping editors have done the wandering for you and pulled the furniture deals worth acting on before midnight, with some marked down by more than 50%.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026
Nick Pivetta yielded two runs and five hits while pitching into the fifth for the Padres, and Dustin May got pulled abruptly with a 1-0 count on Bogaerts and a runner aboard in the fourth.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

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Near the end of the first century AD, in the highlands of northern Spain, the Roman governor, philosopher, and naturalist Pliny the Elder watched as mining cleaved a landscape.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
District 8 was cleaved from parts of Districts 1 and 4 and includes Hunter’s Creek, Lake Nona, Moss Park, Williamsburg and Wyndham Lakes.

— Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of cleaved

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His address last year came months after the 12-day Israel-Iran war that saw the assassination of many of the Islamic Republic's highest military and political leaders and once again broke down weeks of negotiations with the United States.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
The state’s lease on the property ended in 2023 after talks broke down and the land had been eyed by its owner, the Neel family, along with other land holdings for potential redevelopment into commercial and industrial uses.

— J. Scott Trubey, AJC.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of broke down

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In 2022, Category 4 Hurricane Ian barreled ashore in southwestern Florida and then bisected the center of the state, causing more than 100 fatalities and billions of dollars in damage.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
The largest building on campus is 350,000 square feet, the width of one football field and about three fields long, bisected by a single 900-foot hallway.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2026

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