MEANING
Using a part to represent a whole, or a whole to represent one of its parts.
Use it for
A part stands for a whole, or a whole for one part.Use when a part represents a larger whole, or when the whole stands for one part.
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The lone cracked helmet became a synecdochic image of the defeated army.
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