Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fragmentation

4 senses of fragmentation

Sense 1
atomization, atomisation, fragmentation -- (separating something into fine particles)
       => division -- (the act or process of dividing)

Sense 2
fragmentation -- (the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships)
       => decomposition, disintegration -- (in a decomposed state)

Sense 3
fragmentation -- ((computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk; "fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file")
       => storage -- ((computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk)

Sense 4
fragmentation -- (the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes)
       => explosion, detonation, blowup -- (a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction)