Synonyms of fracturing

fracturing

verb

present participle of fracture

1

as in disrupting

to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly

fractured his arm in the fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupting
• breaking
• fragmenting
• disintegrating
• shattering
• destroying
• reducing
• splitting
• crushing
• ruining
• busting
• dismembering
• smashing
• grinding
• blasting
• riving
• cracking
• breaking up
• pulverizing
• wrecking
• splintering
• exploding
• atomizing
• bursting
• detonating
• chipping
• popping
• powdering
• shivering
• blowing up
• imploding
• slivering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repairing
• healing
• rebuilding
• fixing
• reconstructing
• patching
• mending
• renovating
• reconditioning
• doctoring

2

as in violating

to fail to keep

civil liberties that have been fractured by the government's actions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• violating
• breaking
• breaching
• offending
• transgressing
• contravening
• infringing (on or upon)
• ignoring
• traducing
• disobeying
• rebelling
• disregarding
• neglecting
• resisting
• flouting
• brushing (off)
• overlooking
• withstanding
• dismissing
• passing over
• slighting
• blowing off
• scorning
• tuning out
• defying
• winking (at)
• overpassing
• shrugging off
• pooh-poohing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• following
• observing
• conforming (to)
• complying (with)
• obeying
• serving
• yielding (to)
• submitting (to)
• regarding
• hearing
• marking
• listening (to)
• attending
• watching
• minding
• noting
• surrendering (to)
• deferring (to)
• noticing
• heeding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fracturing

Warner missed much of last season after fracturing his right ankle last October. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 25 July 2026

Later that year, an intruder broke into the Pelosis’ San Francisco home and attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer, fracturing his skull. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 July 2026

Necessary reckonings have pulled the deepest wounds of American history to the surface, fracturing the public into factions of the wronged, the guilty, and those in hysterical denial. — Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2026

This is an effort to get through the summer summit period without the Transatlantic Alliance fracturing and breaking apart. — Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 7 July 2026

Now that cities and suburbs are expanding, that natural process is fracturing, making reproduction more challenging. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026

Their best starting pitcher this season, Clay Holmes, isn’t back yet after fracturing his fibula in May. — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 30 June 2026

The third baseman, playing in his first major league game since fracturing his ankle on May 12, 2025, couldn’t handle a Willson Contreras grounder with a man on first and one out. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026

The latest bout of internal military struggle, which started in 2023, fracturing along every possible fault line—religious, ethnic, political, tribal, and international—has created what the United Nations is calling the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. — Janine Di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026