fracturing

/F R AE1 K CH ER0 IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To break, or cause something to break.

  2. 2

    To amuse (a person) greatly; to split someone's sides.

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which something is fractured.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fracture, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fracturing