fragmentize
Verb

fragmentize (fragmentizes, present participle fragmentizing; past and past participle fragmentized)

  1. (transitive) To break, cut, or otherwise separate (something) into fragments.
    • 1848 Dec., "The Manhood of Christ," The Christian Review, no. 52, p. 496 (Google preview) ↗:
      [I]t was against fragmentizing the human soul that he was prepared to protest with the whole force of his life.
    • 1991 Oct. 23, Sandra Blakeslee, "Using Laser, Researchers Test New Way to Correct Myopia ↗," New York Times (retrieved 6 June 2014):
      In experimental surgery, a cool laser produces shock waves that fragmentize part of the cornea.
  2. (intransitive) To fall into or become separated into fragments.
    • 2006, Josh Chetwynd and Brian Belton, British Baseball and the West Ham Club, ISBN 9780786425945, p. 6 (Google preview) ↗:
      [T]he sport has been subject to varying levels of interest. During low points the chronicle fragmentizes as the continuity of enthusiasm becomes disrupted.
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