fragmenting

verb

present participle of fragment
as in disrupting
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly you can fragment that peanut brittle easily, but how it breaks is basically up to the brittle

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Recent Examples of fragmenting An adult orca held a dead sunfish in its mouth while a second orca rammed into the carcass at high speed, fragmenting the body. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026 The goal is not to eliminate complexity, but to prevent it from fragmenting the system. — Kristofer Mussar, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 The autopsy found the wall had been thinning from the inside for a long time, its elastic fibers fragmenting. — Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 13 July 2026 In it, DeLillo uses the Kennedy assassination to examine how conspiracy theories give shape and sense to an increasingly fragmenting culture. — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 26 June 2026 When that foundation is in place, brands can respond market by market without fragmenting the organization or diluting the brand experience. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 25 June 2026 For many women, night sweats occur repeatedly for years, fragmenting sleep night after night. — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 17 June 2026 No-cost services are a great option for people looking to reduce monthly expenses amid an ever-fragmenting streaming market. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026 The bullet struck Howard in the face and lodged behind his eye, fragmenting upon impact. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmenting
  1. disrupting
  2. fracturing
  3. breaking
  4. disintegrating
Verb
  • Meanwhile in Romania over the weekend, the Danube plunged to its lowest level in 30 years, according to Reuters, disrupting shipping and leading to restrictions on irrigation.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • At least eight people have died as severe weather continues to sweep across the United States, with flash flooding, powerful thunderstorms and extreme heat disrupting travel and threatening communities on July 19.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 20 July 2026
Definition of disrupting
Verb
  • 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
Definition of fracturing
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  • The club have responded by spending over £250m ($330m) on improving their squad this summer, twice breaking their transfer record with the signings of midfielders Mateus Fernandes and Sandro Tonali.
    — Jay Harris, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Solve Problems Beyond Your Job Description The first step to breaking a rut is to stop asking for permission and tackle a problem entirely outside your job description.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of breaking
Verb
  • Others rot in the California sun, disintegrating into bony fragments.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • The experiments have shown how a self-repair mechanism enables the spindle to stabilize itself under force and avoid disintegrating.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2026
Definition of disintegrating

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