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
Achieving multiplatinum certification in America after selling over 8 million copies and spending seventeen non-consecutive weeks at #1, Synchronicity left Sting with few creative or financial reasons to remain in the fragmenting band.
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Mike Alleyne, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
An expanding iron-ore mine and a deposit of rare-earth minerals are fragmenting the land and altering ancient reindeer migration routes.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Agricultural activities in Africa are increasingly fragmenting wildland areas that are prone to burning.
—Seyd Teymoor Seydi, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025
In response, God confounded their language and scattered them across the Earth, halting the construction and fragmenting their unity.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Most world powers say settlement expansion has eroded the viability of a two-state solution by fragmenting Palestinian territory.
—USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
However, were the Democratic field to remain large, fragmenting the Democratic vote, a Republican could finish second in the primary and win a spot on the general election ballot, essentially guaranteeing the Democratic nominee an easy win.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2025
Mike Alleyne, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
An expanding iron-ore mine and a deposit of rare-earth minerals are fragmenting the land and altering ancient reindeer migration routes.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Agricultural activities in Africa are increasingly fragmenting wildland areas that are prone to burning.
—Seyd Teymoor Seydi, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025
In response, God confounded their language and scattered them across the Earth, halting the construction and fragmenting their unity.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Most world powers say settlement expansion has eroded the viability of a two-state solution by fragmenting Palestinian territory.
—USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
However, were the Democratic field to remain large, fragmenting the Democratic vote, a Republican could finish second in the primary and win a spot on the general election ballot, essentially guaranteeing the Democratic nominee an easy win.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmenting
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But despite the Raiders’ slow start, Crosby remains the one player capable of disrupting that surge, near single-handedly.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Oct. 2025
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So far, more than four thousand employees have been laid off, disrupting government services devoted to, among other things, cybersecurity efforts, special-education programs, substance-abuse treatment, and loans for small businesses.—
Andy Kroll,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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And trust in global leadership is fracturing, just as the need for solutions to protect nature, manage migration, stabilize conflict zones, and navigate technology disruption grows more urgent than ever before.—
Sergio Alonso Fernández de Córdova y de Veyga,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Warner played all 17 games for the 49ers last year amid a lost season, including 13 games after fracturing his ankle.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Another study challenging the MICI scenario noted that breaking ice also tends to form a mélange, a dense, jumbled slurry of icebergs and sea ice.—
Evan Howell,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
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Moderated by Billboard’s senior editor of Latin Griselda Flores and presented by Live Nation, the panel unpacked the changing dynamics of the live Latin music market – from breaking into untapped regions to capitalizing on the genre’s cultural crossover appeal.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
20 Oct. 2025
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As gifts go, this one comes much belated—and with a high risk of disintegrating even as it is being unwrapped.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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The electrical grid is disintegrating, with hours-long blackouts common across the island.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Fragmenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmenting. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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