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fragmentize, v.|ˈfrægməntaɪz|
[f. as prec. + -ize.]
trans. To break into fragments. So ˌfragmentiˈzation.
1815Murray Let. Byron in Smiles Life (1891) I. xv. 354 You should fragmentize the first hundred [lines], and condense the last thirty. 1885W. C. Russell Strange Voy. I. xiii. 182 You can..fragmentize her into a medley of spars, ropes, and planks. 1951Yale Rev. Spring 514 The majority of the population, up in arms against a fragmentization of their native land. 1968New Scientist 21 Mar. 617/1 The French Minister for Science, M. Maurice Schumann objected, we have been told, to the use of the phrase ‘fragmentization of Europe’ in the draft report of last week's OECD meeting.
Add: ˈfragmentizer n., a machine that fragments scrap metal, esp. sheet metal from motor vehicles and domestic appliances; also, a business involved in such processing.
1972Materials Reclamation Weekly 1 July 2 (Advt.), The Wakefield 668 Fragmentiser is the heart of the new fragmentiser plant at J. Hirst & Sons. 1974Ibid. 5 Jan. 56 (Advt.), Wanted by the largest fragmentiser in the Sheffield and Rotherham area. 1984‘Tiresias’ Notes from Overground 188 Big sign has appeared..: Ferrous Fragmentisers. Could it conceal what used to be called a breaker's yard? 1990Times 11 Oct. 34/6 The plaintiff's neighbour issued proceedings against him for..an injunction arising from the noise, vibration and ejection of metal from a car fragmentiser machine that the plaintiff operated on his property. |