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
Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 15 May 2025
As institutions fractured, migratory movements pushed not from Africa to Europe, but from Europe to Africa, and a new order began to emerge, Augustine interpreted the signs of discordant times.
—Anna Rowlands, Time, 12 May 2025
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 May 2025
Mom has been trapped under rubble, and Hen diagnoses multiple skull fractures.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 16 May 2025
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Verb
Choi’s latest follows one family fractured by tragedy.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 15 May 2025
As institutions fractured, migratory movements pushed not from Africa to Europe, but from Europe to Africa, and a new order began to emerge, Augustine interpreted the signs of discordant times.
—Anna Rowlands, Time, 12 May 2025
Noun
In addition to the fractures in the Thomas family and Kanan’s journey, the series has also depicted Jukebox’s transformation.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 May 2025
Mom has been trapped under rubble, and Hen diagnoses multiple skull fractures.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fracture
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An extended pause in scheduling student visas could lead to delays that may disrupt college, boarding-school or exchange students’ plans to enroll in summer and fall terms.—
Annie Ma,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Despite the sharp decline in sales, Capri’s inventories were up 1 percent at the end of the quarter, reflecting $60 million of goods that were brought in earlier than planned in a sourcing landscape that’s been disrupted by President Donald Trump’s trade war.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
28 May 2025
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In Minnesota, leaders are bracing for the possibility that Trump will pardon Chauvin, who is serving concurrent state and federal prison sentences for murder, violating Floyd's constitutional rights and other crimes.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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The refrigerator was not cold enough and two cats roamed the shop, violating state food code.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2025
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The connection doesn’t end in a dramatic rupture but likely with an ambiguous withdrawal — ghosting, fading or a polite but unexplained exit.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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That intentional inscrutability makes the book excitingly capricious, reflecting how nations remember or untangle painful ruptures in their history.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2025
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Ventura Fine testified that Clark was aware Combs had allegedly threatened to release explicit footage of her, while Cudi said Clark was the one who told him Combs had allegedly broken into his Los Angeles home after learning of his relationship with Ventura Fine.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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Clear communication, the ability to break things down into clear parts, and put them back together are essential.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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That’s still true in the fully postindustrial parts of the city, though in a way that bespeaks new fissures.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
21 May 2025
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Volcanic eruptions typically occur when magma below a volcano surges into subsurface pockets called magma chambers, then escapes to the surface through vents and fissures.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
5 May 2025
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That’s because prior to its 1861 unification, the Italian peninsula was fragmented into several kingdoms, duchies, and city-states, each with its landscape, culture, food, and grapes.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Making clothes is complicated because supply chains can be long and fragmented, from growing and processing raw materials such as cotton, to weaving and dyeing textiles, designing patterns and sewing fabric into garments.—
Lucy Handley,
CNBC,
19 May 2025
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But disagreements over competing proposals have created a deep rift among the three states in the river’s lower basin — California, Arizona and Nevada — and the four states in the river’s upper basin — Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
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Though much of the current tension revolves around policy disputes—over Iran, Gaza, and regional diplomacy—the personal rift between the two leaders began earlier.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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His season ended in December by an Achilles tear, Smith was retained for the balance of the season on a two-way contract.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
31 May 2025
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On the All-Star Park field after an 8-1 victory over Regis Jesuit, teammates screamed and hugged as parents, overcome with emotion, wiped away tears.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
31 May 2025
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“Fracture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fracture. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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