1
as in to disrupt
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
fractured his arm in the fall
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2
as in to violate
to fail to keep
civil liberties that have been fractured by the government's actions
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as in rupture
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Recent Examples of fracture
Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
In my case, the blacktop started to fracture into chunks about the size of a piece of pumpkin pie.
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Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2026
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
Vogt said Ramírez underwent imaging tests that revealed the fracture.
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Tom Withers,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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Verb
By leveraging exact data and diagnostics, organizations can pinpoint exactly where their culture is fracturing—frequently among Black women, employees with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ professionals.
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Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
In my case, the blacktop started to fracture into chunks about the size of a piece of pumpkin pie.
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Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2026
Noun
His slow start with the Premier League champions was perhaps understandable given how long that transfer saga rumbled on, but then a left leg fracture suffered in December halted any progress for the British record signing.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
Vogt said Ramírez underwent imaging tests that revealed the fracture.
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Tom Withers,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fracture
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The fires also disrupted travel across parts of Miami-Dade County.
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Poor nutrition, lack of physical activity and health conditions like metabolic bone disease can disrupt bone remodeling, leading to weaker bones over time.
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Accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire in Lebanon, Iran balked at attending talks planned Friday, the first since the Iranian and US presidents signed the 14-clause memorandum of understanding (MoU) earlier in the week.
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The prior Minnesota Anti-SLAPP law required that the court make certain pre-trial factual findings which was held to violate the right to a jury trial.
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His successors have all grappled, largely unsuccessfully, with the consequences of that rupture.
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Though earthquakes can cause dramatic ground movement — tearing ruptures in land and moving larger areas by several inches — such movement is typically more localized than the country-long seismic event detected by Park and her colleagues.
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Puncture wounds are a classic example, but lacerations, fractures that break the skin, burns, crush injuries and even relatively minor cuts can also pose a risk if they are contaminated with dirt or debris.
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So, too, does the idea that a soccer coach could close fissures that even the well-meaning among career politicians have failed to seal.
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The group is particularly interested in suspending, fracturing, and reconstructing time through which othered bodies and identities pass, and in exploring the attendant emerging fissures.
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Rather than allowing operators to build national scale—which might create cost advantages that stabilize competition—regulation fragments the market into local fiefdoms where economies of scale are extraordinarily difficult to capture.
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The British electorate has fragmented.
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Their retreat from royal life sparked a long-standing rift within the family.
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The rift is increasingly public.
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Since the trade, Reese has been on a tear.
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Some houses have plumbing lines that run through the ceiling—mainly to minimize tear-down during plumbing disasters.
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“Fracture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fracture. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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