- present participle of fragment.
fragmenting
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Capturing a comet in the act of fragmenting is something the team had long hoped to achieve.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026
In a fragmenting postwar global order, the administration sees American security as linked to oil resources in the Western Hemisphere, said Kevin Book, who heads research at energy-research firm ClearView Energy Partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Prof Weissbourd points to a broader fragmenting of communities too.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
Planetesimals frequently crash into each other, sometimes merging into larger bodies and sometimes fragmenting into smaller ones.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2025
When I open my eyes, the world looks slightly fractured, and it takes a minute to realize that the sun must be well up and the glasses fragmenting my vision.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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