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pirstoa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fragment noun A small broken-off piece of something larger.
  • rend verb To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst.
  • shard noun A sharp broken piece of glass, pottery, or similar brittle material.
  • shatter verb To break suddenly and violently into many pieces.
  • smash noun The loud sound of a violent collision or impact.
  • splinter noun A thin, sharp fragment broken off from a larger piece, often wood.

Senses

pirstoa is used for these senses in English:

  • fragment (transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
  • rend (transitive) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst.
  • shard (transitive) To break (something) into shards.
  • shatter (transitive) To violently break something into pieces.
  • smash (transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.
  • splinter (transitive) To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
  • splinter (figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.

fragment — full definition

  1. noun A small broken-off piece of something larger.
  2. verb To break into pieces, or to split apart.

rend — full definition

  1. verb To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst.
  2. verb To violently disturb the peace of; to throw into chaos.
  3. verb To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.
  4. verb To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.

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