fragments

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a small piece or a part, especially when broken from something whole:

fragment of The road was covered with fragments of glass from the shattered window.

fragment of Literary scholars are piecing together her last unpublished novel from fragments of a recently discovered manuscript.

to break something into small parts or to be broken up in this way:

The satellite will fragment and burn up as it falls through the earth's atmosphere.

His day was fragmented by meetings and phone calls.

a small piece or part, esp. one that is broken off of something:

a bone fragment

a fragment of Indian pottery

She read a fragment of the story.