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clastic (adj.)
"consisting of broken pieces," 1875, in geology, from Latinized form of Greek
klastos
"broken in pieces," from
klan
,
klaein
"to break," from PIE
*kla-
, variant of root
*kel-
(1) "to strike" (see
holt
).
