To break apart.
Once the centralized power of Rome fragmented, economic, social and political power simplified and relocalized.
From Late Middle English fragment, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangō (“to break”) + -mentum.
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To cause to be broken into pieces.
Samois includes celebate ^([sic]), heterosexual and bisexual women as well as lesbians, and I feel very strongly that this is the wisest choice. Our community is so fragile that we can't afford to fragment it by excommunicating non-lesbian women.
To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.