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
Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
The Rangers didn’t learn until afterward that Santos, 23, had actually fractured his left wrist when catcher Kyle Higashioka’s comebacker struck him.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
Andy Andersen, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2026
Harris was rushed to a hospital for hypothermia, pneumonia, a contusion to his lung, injuries to his kidneys and a right tibial plateau fracture, his family said in a post on GoFundMe created to help with the medical bills.
—Stephen Sorace , Tessa Hoyos, FOXNews.com, 4 Mar. 2026
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Verb
British politics today is steadily fracturing into multiple parties, no longer two or even three.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
The Rangers didn’t learn until afterward that Santos, 23, had actually fractured his left wrist when catcher Kyle Higashioka’s comebacker struck him.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
The show is set in 2018, closer to the Ashley Madison–fallout era, when the intersection of technology and societal fracture opens the gate for Clark to break out of suburban malaise and into a wonderland of sensual, albeit pedestrian, delights.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2026
Harris was rushed to a hospital for hypothermia, pneumonia, a contusion to his lung, injuries to his kidneys and a right tibial plateau fracture, his family said in a post on GoFundMe created to help with the medical bills.
—Stephen Sorace , Tessa Hoyos, FOXNews.com, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fracture
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Just one week ago, a report hypothesizing on how AI could disrupt the economy sent the Dow tumbling by more than 800 points.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Maneuvering and hypersonic considerations Iran’s reported hypersonic designs, like the Fattah missile, focus less on speed and more on terminal maneuvering to disrupt tracking.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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In February, for instance, the Department of Justice joined a lawsuit brought by the 1776 Project Foundation, alleging that the Los Angeles Unified School District had violated the law by conditioning funding on the basis of student race.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Mar. 2026
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Indiana has been at the center of the tanking discussion in the NBA after being fined $100,000 for violating the league’s player participation policy.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Multiple blood tests and 108 pelvis, transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasound images later, my ER doctor informed me of a possible ovarian cyst rupture.—
Angelica Zhiyu Luo,
SELF,
3 Mar. 2026
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In the wake of the rupture, OpenAI has moved quickly to fill the gap.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Mar. 2026
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Social media can make or break the success of a high-street buy.—
Alice Cary,
Vogue,
3 Mar. 2026
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This is a breaking news story and will be updated.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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The controversy has highlighted both religious and political fissures.—
Peter Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Fuller’s sentiments about ongoing fissures in college sports reflect growing concerns across the industry that the current financial model is unsustainable.—
Eric Prisbell,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Throughout the region, Kurdish politics and loyalties are fragmented.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Spinning off Truth Social following the merger would further fragment an already incoherent corporate structure with no clear strategic logic connecting cryptocurrency, fusion energy, and social media platforms.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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At the same time, some Iranian Americans have openly welcomed the killing of Iran’s supreme leader and called for regime change, reflecting deep rifts within the diaspora over the conflict.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Yasmin was revealed by the finale to be a blend of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein, with shades of her father — the cause of a new rift between her and Harper.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2026
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Out back on the patio, a pair of angels cry red blood tears into a fountain, skeletons escape their open coffins and a hooded skull peers over the tables like a Gordon Ramsay grim reaper.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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That brought Aubry to tears — not an uncommon sight … less common than Rizo, sure, but still, not uncommon.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Fracture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fracture. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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