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
Maya Silver, Outside, 29 Sep. 2025
Got her shoulder pulled out and finished the game with her leg being taken out and probably has a fracture.
—Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Faced with such a stark divide, families can fracture, friendships may fade and communities sometimes close their doors.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Historically, lower extremity fracture has ranked ninth in terms of most prevalent injury.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 29 Sep. 2025
Got her shoulder pulled out and finished the game with her leg being taken out and probably has a fracture.
—Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
Colton Mims, the Michigan high school football player who was the victim of a body slam that fractured his spine, visited with his teammates before their game on Friday.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Faced with such a stark divide, families can fracture, friendships may fade and communities sometimes close their doors.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fracture
Verb
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On play one, Moore reads the tight end throwback pass and disrupts the catch (or else the tight end might still be running).—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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On one hand, companies like Upwork and Fiverr have suffered as generative AI has disrupted simple contract jobs like copyediting and translation.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Since then Russia is suspected of testing NATO’s resolve by violating the airspace of Norway, Romania, Denmark, Lithuania, Estonia, and now Germany too.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Though Russian craft have repeatedly violated NATO airspace during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the shootdowns over Poland represented the first time NATO had shot down Russian drones.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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The fight over how to resist platform power led to W3C’s deepest rupture.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Basketball champion Jayson Taytum sustained one of the worst injuries a professional NBA player can have–an Achilles tendon rupture–in May during the 2025 Eastern Conference semifinals.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The therapy works by breaking a cycle.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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Isiah Pacheco had his longest carry this season — and broke two tackles to do it.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Over the first three weeks, the 49ers somehow maintained their balance as cracks and fissures formed all over their lineup.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Rocks have tiny fissures into which water can seep; when the temperature drops, the water expands into ice, exerting pressure and widening the cracks.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Divided by borders, and further fragmented by custom and belief into tribelets of ideology, each suspicious and distrustful of the other.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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As human civilization developed in Egypt and Rome and India, lion and tiger populations were fragmented, decimated.—
Rebecca van Laer
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Had the great rift between nature and humanity already occurred two million years ago?—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps this is leading to relationship difficulties and highlighting potential rifts in other friendships?—
Miriam Kirmayer,
SELF,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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People rocked back and forth, some wiping tears with each passing lyric.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Oct. 2025
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During closing arguments last week, Agnifilo choked back tears and accused the government of unfairly targeting Combs in a broad overreach of power.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Fracture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fracture. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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