fractured
adjective
frac·tured
ˈfrak-chərd 
-shərd
1
: having a crack or break : having suffered a fracture
a fractured arm/skull/rib
a fractured rock
2
: damaged or destroyed in a sudden or violent way
fractured friendships
3
: imperfectly spoken or written : broken
speaking fractured English/French
Examples of fractured in a Sentence
a fractured radius that will have to be pieced together with a metal plate and screws
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Lemieux left Draper with a fractured jaw, broken cheekbone and a broken nose.
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Dan Robson, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Three All Saints Episcopal School students lured a fourth student to participate in a TikTok challenge this month that became a catastrophic assault, leaving the boy unconscious for several minutes, temporarily paralyzed and with fractured vertebrae, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
Instead of preventing glass from breaking into small fragments, tape holds fractured glass pieces together into larger, heavier, and potentially lethal projectiles.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
Meanwhile, their family is already deeply fractured, a wound stemming from Erika’s relationship with her twin brother, Klaus Mann (August Diehl).
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 May 2026
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Dan Robson, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Three All Saints Episcopal School students lured a fourth student to participate in a TikTok challenge this month that became a catastrophic assault, leaving the boy unconscious for several minutes, temporarily paralyzed and with fractured vertebrae, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
Instead of preventing glass from breaking into small fragments, tape holds fractured glass pieces together into larger, heavier, and potentially lethal projectiles.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
Meanwhile, their family is already deeply fractured, a wound stemming from Erika’s relationship with her twin brother, Klaus Mann (August Diehl).
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 May 2026
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“Fractured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fractured. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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