fragmentizing

Splitting into pieces

Fragmentizing is breaking something into fragments or pieces.

The word is an unnecessarily long alternative to fragmenting, which does the same job: The impact fragmentized the windshield.

Technical writing sometimes favors fragmentizing, but fragmenting is more natural in most contexts.

breaking

shattering

Breaking violently apart

smashing · rupturing · breaking · crushing · bursting · shivering · rending · cleaving · splitting · tearing

decaying

erosion

Gradual wearing away

decay · crumbling · disintegration · weathering · atrophy · rotting · degradation · wearing · oxidation · breakdown

dividing

partition

Barrier separating spaces

sectioning · splitting · slicing · dissection · carving · fractioning · parceling · apportionment · compartmentalizing · portioning

destroying

demolition

Deliberate structural destruction

decimation · ruination · dismantling · wreckage · razing · disassembly · pulverization · eradication · sabotage

Opposites
wholeness/unity

fragmentizingunifying

Making disparate elements one

consolidating · integrating · merging · combining · fusing

construction/creation

fragmentizingassembling

Fitting parts together

constructing · building · piecing together · putting together · reconstructing

structural integrity

fragmentizingpreserving

Protecting from deterioration

maintaining · solidifying · strengthening · fortifying · stabilizing

Family

fragile, fragment, fracture, fraction, fragments, fragility, fragmented, infraction, fragmentary

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G