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
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The X-rays revealed a fractured wrist and the doctor said the bones were well positioned.
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Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2024
The film, which takes place in a fractured America torn apart by civil war, is projected to make around $20 million in its opening weekend.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
Sports gambling is regulated at the state level in the U.S., which has created a fractured regulatory ecosystem.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
Despite the fractured landscape, the Hotline’s Best of the West rankings will continue to assess the top teams on a monthly basis during the offseason and each week once competition begins in November.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
During the large police response to the scene, a police patrol vehicle hit a young child, who sustained a fractured leg, Bethel said.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 10 Apr. 2024
The sense of humor provides a welcome counterweight to the serious nature of the material, and also helps keep the fractured timeline clear, because the constant digressions and reversals are a running gag in and of themselves, worth paying attention to at all times.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2024
The tense relationship between mother and child represents a deepening tension not just in American households, but in its classrooms, legislatures and courtrooms, where conversations about gender, and the rights of trans youth, have fractured communities like Davis.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 4 Apr. 2024
Russell Westbrook is still out with a fractured left hand.
—Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2024
The film, which takes place in a fractured America torn apart by civil war, is projected to make around $20 million in its opening weekend.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
Sports gambling is regulated at the state level in the U.S., which has created a fractured regulatory ecosystem.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
Despite the fractured landscape, the Hotline’s Best of the West rankings will continue to assess the top teams on a monthly basis during the offseason and each week once competition begins in November.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
During the large police response to the scene, a police patrol vehicle hit a young child, who sustained a fractured leg, Bethel said.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 10 Apr. 2024
The sense of humor provides a welcome counterweight to the serious nature of the material, and also helps keep the fractured timeline clear, because the constant digressions and reversals are a running gag in and of themselves, worth paying attention to at all times.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2024
The tense relationship between mother and child represents a deepening tension not just in American households, but in its classrooms, legislatures and courtrooms, where conversations about gender, and the rights of trans youth, have fractured communities like Davis.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 4 Apr. 2024
Russell Westbrook is still out with a fractured left hand.
—Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
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“Fractured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fractured. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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