FRAGMENTING Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

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 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 Now, effects from the fresh conflict in the Middle East are rippling across the region, further fragmenting a once efficient and finely tuned global aviation network. —

Zach Levitt, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026 The challenge lies in tailoring your tone without diluting the mission or fragmenting the brand. —

Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026 Search is fragmenting across classic results, AI answers, and new discovery surfaces. —

Jason Phillips, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026 The plans, released in November, showed roadways encroaching on landmarks and fragmenting neighborhoods in historically Black parts of the city. —

Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026

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Namira lives in East Elmhurst, where several bus stops had recently been removed, disrupting her mother’s commute to Times Square and inspiring her to action.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Cybersecurity stocks — Shares got hit again as investor fears of AI threatening cyber infrastructure and disrupting cybersecurity companies' business models reappeared.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026