During fracking, large volumes of water, along with sand and hazardous chemicals, are injected into the ground to break rock apart and free the oil and gas.

WSJ: Fracking coalition upsets both greens and drillers

They blur together elements that exist apart, or they break elements into pieces, bind up the world, contract it into hard little pellets of perception.

NEWYORKER: History of a Disturbance

Their line-out had fallen apart, losing five of their own throws after the break, and the game had turned into a real dog fight, with the hosts on top.

BBC: Italy 12-17 England

And instead of being able to break the company apart, the hedge fund caused government officials to have to put quite a bit of resources into the overall company rather than just dealing with some of the root causes of the downfall.

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