FRACTIONALIZED Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in fractionated

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verb

past tense of fractionalize

as in divided

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Adjective

To convey those sensory elements, the perfume house began by marrying cherry and davana, then leaned into fractionated patchouli oil and relied on black violet notes for their depth.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of fractionated

Verb

And so the record is divided between tracks that capture the rush of losing yourself in a sea of bodies and the pain of being caught out at last call with no one to return home to.

— Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026
Yet Perrette and Decker’s meaty roles still leave gaps – slightly lower down the international chain, questions remain over how territories are divided up and who looks after what.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of divided

Adjective

Political discourse is reduced to opinions at once homogenous and balkanized, reinforced by the echo chambers of the day’s regnant algorithms.

— Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026
His work deepened and developed under the responsiveness of the academy and a larger and not-yet-balkanized reading public.

— Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026

Definition of balkanized

Verb

The impasse dates back to summer 2023, when the City Council bifurcated the new collective bargaining agreement with the FOP.

— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
The screen is sometimes bifurcated between Carter’s livestream, which itself gets clogged with fan comments and emojis, and people watching it in Japan.

— William Earl, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of bifurcated

Verb

The interface splits each 2-core fiber into two single-core fibers inside the repeater for efficient amplification, then merges them back into 2-core fibers.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Wanda, a donkey, and Max, a horse, split their time between a farm upstate and a stable in the Bronx.

— Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of split

Verb

Near the end of the first century AD, in the highlands of northern Spain, the Roman governor, philosopher, and naturalist Pliny the Elder watched as mining cleaved a landscape.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
District 8 was cleaved from parts of Districts 1 and 4 and includes Hunter’s Creek, Lake Nona, Moss Park, Williamsburg and Wyndham Lakes.

— Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of cleaved

Verb

After Jones shined during his first start, the Gators’ quarterback decision will be scrutinized and dissected, fueling two weeks of endless conjecture leading up to the Georgia game.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
There is something fitting about seeing Deakins, whose work is so often studied and dissected by others, sitting among the audience, still looking and listening.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of dissected

Verb

But these programs are disconnected and spread out across the state, creating a situation where students in one part of Connecticut may have access to opportunities that are walled off from students living elsewhere.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
The team also demonstrated that the sheet could reconstruct its overall shape even after some fibers were cut or disconnected.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026

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