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frag·ment (frăǵmənt)

[Middle English, from Latin fragmentum, from frangere, frag-, to break.]

noun 

  1. A small part broken off or detached.
  2. An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit: overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript.
  3. Grammar A sentence fragment.

verb: -ment·ed, -ment·ing, -ments. 

transitive verb 

To break or separate (something) into fragments.

intransitive verb 

To become broken into fragments: After the election, the coalition fragmented.