Broken and Separate

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Broken adjective - Forcibly separated into many pieces.

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Separate is a synonym for broken. In some cases you can use "Separate" instead the word "Broken" as a verb or an adjective.

Nearby Words: broke, brokenly

Separate adjective - Not the same or shared.

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Broken is a synonym for separate. Sometimes you can use "Broken" instead an adjective "Separate".

The flashlight regaining a separate meter is similarly handwaved as it being a backup after the original was broken by the Citadel's explosion at the end of Episode One.

Source: Sprint Meter
That unit is broken up into separate sub-units to counter the types their targets specialise in, and Georgia is part of the Dragon-Busters sub-unit.

Source: Fanfic / Pokémon Reset Bloodlines
The boss is technically this trope with the M&L Bowser, but he seems to be a separate entity from the armor (he isn't part of the initial Fusion Dance with the paper characters, and in battle he's simply referred to as "Bowser" once his helmet is broken off).

Source: Video Game / Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

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