Synonyms of fragmenting

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fragmenting

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

If experimental and vanguard poetry is set on fragmenting the lyric I, verse plays and poet’s theater redistribute it. — Literary Hub, 29 May 2026

Blue light from screens suppresses melatonin by up to 80%, delaying sleep onset when viewed within an hour of bedtime and fragmenting deep sleep. — John La Puma, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026