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
Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Among the injuries the child suffered, Hestrin said, were a partial bone fracture of the skull, a brain hemorrhage and injuries to the ribs and legs.
—Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2025
Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
But right now, the result of that battle is further fracturing.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Taking and making Reese Dixon-Waters played his first college game in 568 days, healthy once again after missing all last season due to a pesky fracture in his right foot that didn’t heal as quickly as hoped or expected.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Among the injuries the child suffered, Hestrin said, were a partial bone fracture of the skull, a brain hemorrhage and injuries to the ribs and legs.
—Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
Meanwhile, amid ongoing political violence on either side of the historically contentious border, a rise in unfettered hate speech on social media has further fractured the countries’ diasporas.
—Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
But right now, the result of that battle is further fracturing.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fracture
Verb
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The real passengers on the ship were not particularly delighted to have large camera cables and lights and people disrupting their vacations.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Corn can provide carbohydrates, which can be vital to deer during the winter for a burst of energy, Edge said, but an increase in carbs can disrupt the animal's gut chemistry and affect digestion, much like giving children a lot of candy bars.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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Tuesday’s announcement comes after Israel accused Hamas of violating the truce by firing on Israeli forces in Rafah and reneging on promises to return missing hostage remains.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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In a complaint filed in 2023, Gannett and the other plaintiffs accused Google of violating federal antitrust laws by abusing its dominant position to control and profit from the technology used by publishers to buy and sell ads across the internet.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
29 Oct. 2025
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But communal norms have no room for the unique nature of their relationship; having learned of the friendship, Kammo’s aunt forbids the girl from associating with the Muslim Hamida, and this rupture reignites Hamida’s previous trauma of repudiation.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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This revolution is less a rupture than a culmination of a long shift—from music as a unifying force to music as an individual pursuit.—
Jonathan Garrett,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2025
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The science author Stuart Clark notes that the concept was nonsensical to contemporary scientists, who assumed that magnetism could not break free from a magnet and that the Sun’s energy radiated equally across its surface.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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At the time of his arrest, Scott had an open warrant for skipping court in a 2022 burglary case, in which he was accused of breaking into his mother’s apartment building with two other men and stealing items including a ladder.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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This magma chamber beneath the lake charges the maar with millions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), which seeps up through fissures in the lake floor.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Crews discovered fissures in the bedrock that required repair and struggled to find grips strong enough to hold cars on the steep grade.—
Michael Wells,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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With opposition parties fragmented and public opinion largely favoring peace and progress, CCM’s victory in 2025 appears real.—
Danish Manzoor Bhat,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Technology increasingly fragments our attention into smaller and smaller units, leaving us less anchored in our own lives.—
Arianna Huffington,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Gradually, a palpable discomfort in their relationship comes into focus, a troubling rift that the duo is careful to dance around.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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Maya only existed to bring Emily out of the closet and cause a rift in Emily’s relationship with her mother.—
Catherine Mhloyi,
Them.,
29 Oct. 2025
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However, several injuries, including a 2023 ACL tear, limited him to just 17 games over the last two seasons, and he's already missed one game this season due to a concussion.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Fix window and door screens Because of their small size, adult fruit flies can easily get in through cracks and tears in bug screens.—
Emma Ashe,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Fracture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fracture. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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