Base
Base noun - An immaterial thing upon which something else rests.
Shards
Both words in one sentence
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Through Crafting the Phaseblade with Crystal Shards, you can make the Phasesaber (41 base attack and Light Knockback).
Source: Video Game / Terraria -
Shards of Honor: Cordelia Naismith is the commander of a Betan scientific survey group and Aral Vorkosigan is the commander of the Barrayaran taskforce that just attacked her base, killing one of her men and landing another with serious brain damage.
Source: Meet Cute -
An enemy in Borderlands 2 are "crystalisks", which are tripodal organisms made of living rock and crystal — the base of each leg features a large patch of golden crystal, their only vulnerable spot, and they drop over a dozen valuable crystal shards upon death.
Source: Silicon-Based Life
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