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
Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Had my mother or father ever fractured a hip?
—Alice Gregory, Vogue, 11 May 2026
Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
Hernandez-Mendoza was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was diagnosed with a fracture of the cervical vertebra and pelvic fractures.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 15 May 2026
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Verb
Paranoia, greed, and suspicion among the squad follow, fracturing their loyalty and soon eroding any remaining trust.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Had my mother or father ever fractured a hip?
—Alice Gregory, Vogue, 11 May 2026
Noun
Holmes suffered the fracture after being struck by Yankees rookie Spencer Jones’ 111-mph comebacker in the fourth inning of a 5-2 Mets loss on Friday.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
Hernandez-Mendoza was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was diagnosed with a fracture of the cervical vertebra and pelvic fractures.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fracture
Verb
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There has also been concern that two common sunscreen ingredients, homosalate and oxybenzone, may have endocrine-disrupting properties.—
Devika Rao,
TheWeek,
18 May 2026
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Residents rallied against landowner Matt Connell’s proposal with many expressing concerns the burial site would disrupt their quiet community and contaminate groundwater or attract wildlife that could dig up the graves.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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OpenAI filed its first formal legal response to the Raine lawsuit in November 2025, denying responsibility and arguing the teen had violated the terms of service.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Both the actions violated Zaczkowski's constitutional rights to free speech, argued Zaczkowski's attorney, Andy McNulty, in the complaint.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
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His return to Miami this week to face a separate set of charges follows his deportation from Venezuela on Saturday, a move analysts view as another sign of the evolving relationship between Caracas and Washington after years of hostility, sanctions and diplomatic rupture.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2026
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Someone asking about a relationship and drawing the Tower card, for instance, might read it as impending rupture, or as false assumptions finally giving way.—
Ziv Epstein,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Yet both can break, rendering them oddly both permanent and fragile.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Trump now faces a break-the-glass moment to avoid gas prices from blowing past Biden-era records highs.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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People with irritable bowel syndrome, diverticulitis, hemorrhoids, fissures, fistulas, rectal bleeding, heart disease, or high blood pressure should also avoid the procedure, Hazan says.—
Erica Sweeney,
Time,
11 May 2026
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But there are fissures in the-- in the regime.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 May 2026
Verb
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Building codes are fragmented across jurisdictions, locked in PDFs or disparate systems, interpreted differently by local officials and often inaccessible to the very people trying to put them into practice.—
Scott Reynolds,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Current research suggests silicone does not fragment into microplastics the same way conventional plastics do.—
Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
22 May 2026
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And whatever rifts had formed in his relationship with Altman were largely absent from social media.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Emails sent just weeks before her resignation show what Watson portrayed as a rift between herself, Police Chief Kathy Lester and Assistant City Manager Leyne Milstein.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2026
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His brother-in-law, a bachelor in his mid-fifties who lived in Ain el-Mreisseh, called him in tears.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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And then there were the reports that Prince William wasn’t pleased that Harry appeared to be rushing into marrying the American former TV actor and that either Meghan or Kate Middleton were left in tears over a particularly contentious fitting for bridesmaids’ dresses.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
20 May 2026
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“Fracture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fracture. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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