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
Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
More news: Cubs' Two-Time All-Star Opens Up About Alcohol, Mental Health Challenges
The potential for playing time in Boston arose when the Red Sox's primary catcher, Connor Wong, fractured his left pinkie finger April 7.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 7 May 2025
Commonly known as a DEXA scan, this test can help detect early signs of bone loss, a major risk factor for all sorts of debilitating conditions, including hip fractures and osteoporosis.
—Galina Espinoza, Flow Space, 5 May 2025
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Verb
The accident fractured her spine and left her paralyzed from the waist down, according to the family.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
More news: Cubs' Two-Time All-Star Opens Up About Alcohol, Mental Health Challenges
The potential for playing time in Boston arose when the Red Sox's primary catcher, Connor Wong, fractured his left pinkie finger April 7.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Noun
Preventing Hairline Fractures Hairline fractures can't always be prevented, particularly when an injury or trauma causes them.
—Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 7 May 2025
Commonly known as a DEXA scan, this test can help detect early signs of bone loss, a major risk factor for all sorts of debilitating conditions, including hip fractures and osteoporosis.
—Galina Espinoza, Flow Space, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fracture
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In a particularly affecting scene, Laura pleads with a social worker who disrupts the sinister plot she’s been crafting.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
16 May 2025
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Indeed, on Thursday in Basel, a small group of protesters blew whistles and waved flags to disrupt one of Raphael’s public rehearsals.—
Alex Marshall,
New York Times,
16 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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But experts seem to view a complete rupture in U.S.-Mexico diplomatic relations as unlikely, given Mexico’s profound dependence on U.S. capital and markets.—
Patrick J. McDonnell,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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The decision comes after the property’s water infrastructure was found to be severely deteriorated, causing frequent pipe ruptures and unreliable water service.—
Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2025
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Most of them lasted for about one microsecond before breaking apart.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Sign up for for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
16 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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The expansion of human populations into the wildland-urban interface further fragments bear habitats, displacing the animals and forcing them into closer contact with humans.—
Benjamin Alva Polley,
Rolling Stone,
10 May 2025
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If the media environment is fragmented, so, too, is the Democratic resistance itself: split, as Kang wrote in this column, in February, among incompatible strategic impulses; severed from a discredited Party establishment but uncertain where to go next; fundamentally leaderless.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
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Kennedy’s rise represents a growing epistemological rift in the country.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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But that would cause another trade-like rift with world powers that Washington has just made good with.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
19 May 2025
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With tears welling in her eyes, Serena reveals where the commanders' flight to D.C. is departing from.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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Then, the final whistle blew, and ecstasy flowed, along with the tears.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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“Fracture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fracture. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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