DEFRAGMENTING Antonyms

• a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly

• the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions

• a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

• spreading widely or driving off

• the act of scattering

• the act of breaking something into small pieces

• seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering

• resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree

• an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

• pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable

• make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

• break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity

• cause to undergo fission or lose particles

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• remove the organization from

• a piece broken off or cut off of something else

• a broken piece of a brittle artifact

• an incomplete piece

• break or cause to break into pieces

• a confused multitude of things

• small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie

• a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas

• be all mixed up or jumbled together

• assemble without order or sense

• bring into random order

• independent; not united or joint

• a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

• a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

• standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

• separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

• have the connection undone; having become separate

• act as a barrier between; stand between

• force, take, or pull apart

• mark as different

• separate into parts or portions

• divide into components or constituents

• arrange or order by classes or categories

• make a division or separation

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• treat differently on the basis of sex or race

• move or break apart

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork