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fragment

verb as in break into pieces

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Out of the debris, an employee lifted a carbon plate marked with Cyrillic letters -- a wing fragment from a Russian drone.

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“These actions are designed not only to intimidate neighbors but also to test allied resolve, normalize Chinese coercion, and fragment collective response,” the commission said in the report.

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“These actions are designed not only to intimidate neighbors but also to test allied resolve, normalize Chinese coercion, and fragment collective response,” the commission said in the report.

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Birds often swallow plastic fragments, and turtles mistake plastic bags for jellyfish.

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"Our study shows just how powerful these fragments can be. Eggshells should be a routine, standard component of paleontological research -- collected, curated and analyzed alongside bones and teeth."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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