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fragility
  • n  quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
  • n  lack of physical strength
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fragment
  • n  a piece broken off or cut off of something else
    a fragment of rock
  • n  a broken piece of a brittle artifact
  • n  an incomplete piece
    fragments of a play
  • v  break or cause to break into pieces
    The plate fragmented
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fragmentation
  • n  separating something into fine particles
  • n  the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships
  • n  (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk
    fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file
  • n  the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
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fragmentation bomb
  • n  a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles
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