Split, splinter, crack, smash, destroy
Mechanical weathering is the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means. \o/
The word means a process to break a cell. Cyto- means cell. kine- means to break and -sis means a process of. When a cell divides it uses cytokinesis.
Decompose.
to break down in small pieces of rock.
become part of the soil
Words that mean to break into many small pieces include disintegrate, catabolise, decompose, digest, pulverize, fracture.
The word in mince. It means to cut up or chop into small pieces.
That looks a bit like the word disintegrate which means to break down into small pieces or fall apart.
Break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces. - John Anav
The word shatter means to break something apart into pieces. This word can also be used abstractly in the sense that someone's pride can be shattered meaning they have lost self-confidence.
fragmented
Mechanical weathering is the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means. \o/
shatter
the process by which rocks break down into smaller pieces by physical means
Fragment is a noun and a verb. The noun means little parts of a bigger whole, and the verb means to split or break into small individual pieces. Synonymes include chip, splinter and segment.
Break It to Pieces was created in 2004.
The Latin root word that means "break" is "frangere."