as in broken
forcibly separated into many pieces
a fractured radius that will have to be pieced together with a metal plate and screws
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as in disrupted
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
fractured his arm in the fall
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as in violated
to fail to keep
civil liberties that have been fractured by the government's actions
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Recent Examples of fractured
Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
With veteran guard Kylan Boswell missing his seventh game with a fractured hand, that meant the Illini were without two of their top three scorers from the first two months of the season.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Isabel Yip, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
What few people knew is that before the trio finally made peace, the duo of James and Denton fractured one more time.
—Andy Greene, VIBE.com, 9 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
The accident left him with numerous broken bones, a fractured skull, and missing teeth.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
With veteran guard Kylan Boswell missing his seventh game with a fractured hand, that meant the Illini were without two of their top three scorers from the first two months of the season.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
This time, Alysa Liu's gold medal fractured hours after she was awarded it as part of the American winning figure skating team.
—Isabel Yip, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
What few people knew is that before the trio finally made peace, the duo of James and Denton fractured one more time.
—Andy Greene, VIBE.com, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractured
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Harbin, who transferred from Portage after also attending Bishop Noll and Don Bosco, gained eligibility, and Young returned after suffering a broken hand.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Many have pointed out that the evidence of climate change has only grown stronger over time with annual heat records being set and broken year after year and weather extremes from hurricanes to flooding to wildfires exacerbated by climate change.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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Economic and religious activities disrupted by DHS Muslims in Minneapolis, estimated now to be more than 100,000, have lived in the city for well over a century, and the city has embraced them.—
Yahya Salem,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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When breathing stops or becomes shallow, sleep is disrupted and the body may experience drops in oxygen.—
Sarah Jividen,
Verywell Health,
17 Feb. 2026
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UMass Amherst likely violated a student’s First Amendment rights when the campus suspended the pro-Palestine protester for a year, a judge has ruled.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
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As a result, the plaintiffs argued, the administration also violated the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 by failing to consider the harmful environmental impacts of the project.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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In the aftermath, astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories around the world to track a couple of dozen pieces of the shattered comet, in what appeared to be grouped in four main clusters of icy debris.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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The physical wounds will heal, Romero said, but the psychological toll and the shattered trust will not dissipate any time soon.—
Michael Kaplan,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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On February 10, after notching a silver in the men’s classic sprint, Ogden–six feet tall and lanky, with a bushy mustache–broke the solemnity of the medals ceremony.—
Bill Donahue,
Outside,
14 Feb. 2026
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In Friday’s round-robin game, Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson suggested that Canada’s Marc Kennedy broke the rules by touching the curling stone after it was released.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 Feb. 2026
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Among the damage is a smashed statue of The Virgin Mary, other religious artifacts, like the tabernacle that stores communion, and destroyed furniture.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Daniel Hernandez doesn’t include tomatoes in his recipe, which means there’s no watery element to interfere with the buttery smashed avocados.—
Carolynn Carreño,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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As indie film buyers and sellers prepare to come together at the European Film Market in Berlin, there is a sense that, although the arthouse market is fragmented and not a little divided, the leaders in the field are adapting to the ever-evolving complexities of the specialty world.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2026
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Attention is now fragmented across creators, platforms, communities, and algorithms.—
Christopher Vollmer,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Fractured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractured. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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