clast
something that breaks or is broken
Root
- clast: break
Other words with the clast root
- clastic: made of fragments or relating to breaking
- iconoclast: breaker of images or cherished beliefs
- iconoclastic: attacking cherished beliefs or institutions
- pyroclastic: made of hot volcanic fragments
Clast gives breaking. A clast is a broken piece or something defined by breaking.
The geology text described each clast embedded in the rock.
Clast is small but valuable because it unlocks iconoclast and pyroclastic. Keep the broken-piece image; the harder words build from that crack.