verb
break or cause to break into pieces
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The plate fragmented
• Syn: ↑break up, ↑fragment, ↑fragmentize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fragment (for: ↑fragmentize), ↑fragment (for: ↑fragment), ↑fragmentation (for: ↑fragment)
• Hypernyms: ↑break, ↑separate, ↑split up, ↑fall apart, ↑come apart
• Hyponyms:
↑atomize, ↑atomise, ↑grind, ↑mash, ↑crunch, ↑bray, ↑comminute, ↑pound, ↑sunder, ↑splinter, ↑sliver, ↑rag, ↑crumb, ↑brecciate, ↑crush, ↑grate
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody of something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.