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
For many women, night sweats occur repeatedly for years, fragmenting sleep night after night.
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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.
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Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
1 June 2026
The bullet struck Howard in the face and lodged behind his eye, fragmenting upon impact.
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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.
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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.
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John La Puma,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
Democratic Party leadership has expressed serious concern about the crowded eight-candidate Democratic field fragmenting voter support, with state party chair Rusty Hicks explicitly urging struggling candidates to withdraw to prevent two Republicans from advancing to the general election.
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Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Media is always fragmenting, reconsolidating, and then fragmenting again, as yesterday’s disruption inevitably becomes today’s institution.
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Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2026
What used to be a huge collective cultural consciousness has been fragmenting and separating out into mini-cultures that don’t communicate with each other.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Mar. 2026
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
Democratic Party leadership has expressed serious concern about the crowded eight-candidate Democratic field fragmenting voter support, with state party chair Rusty Hicks explicitly urging struggling candidates to withdraw to prevent two Republicans from advancing to the general election.
—
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Media is always fragmenting, reconsolidating, and then fragmenting again, as yesterday’s disruption inevitably becomes today’s institution.
—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2026
What used to be a huge collective cultural consciousness has been fragmenting and separating out into mini-cultures that don’t communicate with each other.
—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmenting
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The shadow fleet, aging tankers and cargo ships that break US sanctions and sabotage subsea cables with impunity, are increasingly disrupting global trade and data flows.
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Britain, Italy and Spain were also sweltering in extreme heat, with record temperatures in some regions disrupting schools and transport networks.
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Together, that has strained its finances and politics, with Britain’s historical two-party system fracturing into a patchwork of increasingly tribal alliances and factions.
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In an era where consumer trends ignite and burn out within weeks, retail brands are demanding partners who can execute complex, multi-city environmental transformations at lightning speed without fracturing the core visual identity of the brand.
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Dennis Romero Dennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
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In 2012, most estimates were that breaking a 2048-bit RSA key would require a billion physical qubits.
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Right now, the rings furthest from the planet are disintegrating and drifting into space.
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The damage from our disintegrating democracy demands attention — and now.
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“Fragmenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmenting. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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