fracturing

English

Verb

fracturing

1. present participle of fracture

Noun

fracturing (plural fracturings)

1. The act by which something is fractured.
   • 2013, Mary Elene Wood, Life Writing and Schizophrenia, page 277:

     In her own view, she was most likely predisposed neurophysiologically to schizophrenia in such a way that her psyche could not tolerate the fracturings that others weathered while maintaining a functioning life.