FRAGMENTS Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

fragments 1 of 2

noun

plural of fragment

as in pieces

a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete charred fragments of the exploded rocket were scattered over a huge area of ground

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fragment

as in disrupts

to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly you can fragment that peanut brittle easily, but how it breaks is basically up to the brittle

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Noun

Short for polydeoxyribonucleotide, it’s made from small, purified fragments of DNA taken from the sperm cells of certain fish, usually salmon or trout. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Nearly a year later, in November 1998, human bone fragments were found in Mobile, Arizona. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 After the deceased is cremated in a coffin, family members place some or most of the bone fragments into a funerary urn. — Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026 Thaddaeus Ropac placed Lucio Fontana’s Concetto spaziale (1953), a painting with Murano glass fragments, for $2 million. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Most of these fragments were generated by explosions and orbital collisions that shattered satellites and used rocket stages into clouds of dangerous debris. — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2026 There is an accumulation of metal fragments around piercing part and gears of can opener. — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026 The bullet shattered his femur and left countless bullet fragments that surgeons were unable to remove. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 But the archaeologists who excavated the new skeletal fragments from Shanidar Cave in the Kurdistan region of Iraq say the fossils weave a complex tale of Neanderthal life and death, beyond what appeared to be deliberate violence. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

Verb

The tree fragments lying in BioFiltro’s beds seemed to serve a beneficial purpose. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 One of the rounds entered Lunsford’s head above the left eye, blinding him in that eye and sending bone fragments out his left ear. — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026 When measurement is isolated, truth fragments across the organization. — Guy Yehiav, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Technology fragments children’s attention spans. — Kira Willey, CNBC, 17 June 2026 The current geopolitical map fragments the Inuit nation across artificial colonial borders. — Barry Scott Zellen, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2026 There’s no actual metal on Pareidolia, just fragments that Muir has excavated from metal’s marginalia and spun into what resembles a kaleidoscope filled with black beads. — Brad Sanders, Pitchfork, 8 June 2026 Each event drops oxygen levels and fragments sleep, leaving people exhausted, foggy and at higher long-term risk for cardiovascular disease. — Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 18 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragments

Noun

My dad’s pieces were side projects the tailor took on for extra cash.

— Souvankham Thammavongsa, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
Toufic’s vampire-mirror idea resurfaces too in other works of Raad’s on display in Venice, alongside the Arafat pieces.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of pieces

Noun

As plastic in the body breaks down into smaller and smaller bits — known as microplastics and nanoplastics — the potential danger increases, said Wei Min, a Columbia University chemist who co-authored the study.

— Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
If successful, bits of dust, soil and rocks from Phobos will arrive on Earth in 2031.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of bits

Verb

As grief turns to accusation, Warmooge’s mother refuses burial without justice, and the village fractures under the weight of uncertainty and pressure to resolve the truth.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
This natural inversion destroys leadership, fractures relationships and halts self-improvement.

— Brendan Keegan, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of fractures

Noun

The refresh rate of E Ink panels is on the order of fractions of a second, too slow for any sort of video content, and the display is monochrome to boot.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
In a fast-moving game, players are constantly processing visual information, tracking movement and making decisions in fractions of a second.

— George Toh, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of fractions

Verb

Emmitt Smith breaks the NFL career rushing yardage record held by the late Walter Payton on an 11-yard run in the fourth quarter.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Back at The Pynk, Uncle Clifford (Nicco Annan) dreams of expanding her empire while Roulette breaks the club’s cardinal rule to build hers.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of breaks

Noun

The patchwork bag is made from the soft leather and suede scraps left over from the creation of Coach bags.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
One of them, 1955’s powerful Bald Eagle, incorporates scraps of both her husband’s drawings and her own earlier work.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of scraps

Verb

Even those who can afford to stay suffer losses in home equity and lifestyle as the community around them disintegrates or disappears.

— The Conversation, Fortune, 12 June 2026
None are quite about the conflicting frames of reference and value that arise when an ancient cultural formation disintegrates and a successor has yet to take its place.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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