Break up
Break up verb - To set or force apart.
Usage example: he broke up the rocks in the old stone wall with a crowbar, sending them tumbling to the ground
Fragment
Fragment verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Usage example: you can fragment that peanut brittle easily, but how it breaks is basically up to the brittle
Break up is a synonym for fragment in continue topic. You can use "Break up" instead a verb "Fragment". popular alternative
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Fragment and Break up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/break_up/fragment
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