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 The bullet struck Howard in the face and lodged behind his eye, fragmenting upon impact. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 1 June 2026 For many women, night sweats occur repeatedly for years, fragmenting sleep night after night. — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 17 June 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 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 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 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmenting
  1. disrupting
  2. fracturing
  3. breaking
  4. disintegrating
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  • Researchers have identified hormone-disrupting and asthma-associated chemicals in some consumer products and continue to investigate combinations of chemicals that may warrant closer testing.
    — Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
  • Its tendency to rapidly reproduce, forming dense colonies on underwater surfaces, can clog pipes, pumps and critical water infrastructure while disrupting local ecosystems.
    — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of disrupting
Verb
  • Now that cities and suburbs are expanding, that natural process is fracturing, making reproduction more challenging.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
  • Their best starting pitcher this season, Clay Holmes, isn’t back yet after fracturing his fibula in May.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of fracturing
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  • Shortstop Miguel Rojas, who botched a grounder to his left earlier in the inning that enabled a run to score, was late breaking to cover third, leaving the bag wide open.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • Hazards include sneaker waves, strong rip currents, and large breaking waves.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Definition of breaking
Verb
  • That changed in April 2023 when unknowing construction workers unceremoniously removed a disintegrating Pinky from its eyrie.
    — Ryan Steven Green, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 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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