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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Jessica Sager, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Other prominent instances of ideological violence include the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson late last year, and the time when a man broke into Nancy Pelosi’s home in 2022 and attacked her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer, fracturing his skull.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 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
In 2012, Cockram sued police for giving him a black eye and fracturing his cheekbone during his arrest, The Evening Standard reported.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Other prominent instances of ideological violence include the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson late last year, and the time when a man broke into Nancy Pelosi’s home in 2022 and attacked her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer, fracturing his skull.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 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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Light pollution disrupts animal behavior, interrupts plant cycles, and affects human health.—
Valerie Stimac,
Forbes.com,
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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Penalties for violating the new rule can exceed $50,000.—
Monica Pitrelli,Bella Stoddart,
CNBC,
12 May 2025
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That was when the makers, Epic Games, included a direct payment option into the app, which violated Apple’s rules.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
12 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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But his return to center stage—or at least his self-invitation to it—is showing the fissures in a party that hasn’t fully decided if Biden is friend or foe, the party elder who stepped aside or the has-been who didn’t know when to exit.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
8 May 2025
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This case exposes a wide fissure in the foundation.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
2 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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The attacks on the wartime capital, where thousands have taken refuge, has caused shockwaves in Sudan and deepened its rift with the United Arab Emirates.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
6 May 2025
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Prince Harry said that the security issue is bigger than the rift with his family.—
Greta Bjornson,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Later in the season, Jaz also faces a health scare as she’s brought to tears while dealing with pain in her leg.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
8 May 2025
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About an hour later, 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost emerged on the central balcony of the basilica in Vatican City as the new leader of the world’s largest Christian denomination — wearing the white papal cassock for the first time and choking back tears.—
Mariel Padilla,
Them.,
8 May 2025
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“Fracture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fracture. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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