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
Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
Called up in April, Keaschall missed most of the summer with a fractured forearm after getting hit by a Kyle Hendricks pitch late that month.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
Susan Page, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Passing a budget will require Lecornu to get the backing of enough lawmakers in a government that has been fractured between Macron’s governing coalition, the far-left, and the far-right.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
The driver of the vehicle Watson struck suffered a fractured spine, prosecutors added.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
Called up in April, Keaschall missed most of the summer with a fractured forearm after getting hit by a Kyle Hendricks pitch late that month.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
Since then, the alliances forged in tragedy have been fractured.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Passing a budget will require Lecornu to get the backing of enough lawmakers in a government that has been fractured between Macron’s governing coalition, the far-left, and the far-right.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractured
Adjective
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The family gave the news station a tour of the home, showing dirty paw prints and broken appliances and pieces of furniture left in the bear's wake.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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In Maine, the city of Bangor sued Namdar twice last year, first for code violations including a leaking roof and parking lot disrepair at a local mall, then for a broken sewer line, according to the Bangor Daily News.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Hundreds of flights have been disrupted across the region, with cancelations in Taiwan, Hong Kong and southern China.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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The network could have disrupted emergency communications, McCool added.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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The letter, sent to Hook by the university's dean of the College of Fine Arts, Bruce Kelley, said Hook violated policy.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Joe LaCava violated Rory’s airspace on the 18th green while taunting the same gallery that had teased his player, Patrick Cantlay, who had reportedly declined to wear a team hat to protest the lack of player compensation at such a big event.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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After struggling with life inside a Greenland bunker, the anxious Garrity family decides to leave that safety and navigate a shattered and radioactive wasteland of Europe to find a new home.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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In addition to the shattered bones noted in Buttgereit’s surgery notes, Schaible said the physician identified nerve damage midsurgery that required additional work to fix.—
Katheryn Houghton,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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On this season premiere episode of Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Johnson gets candid about his journey into the role, the emotional toll of going to dark places, the physical transformation that nearly broke him and his evolving sense of fatherhood and purpose.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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The team also recently broke ground on a new training facility on Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The cheeseburger is a smashed Fischer Farm Patty with griddled onions, iceberg lettuce, sharp American cheese, pickles and Toasty sauce.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
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Available or dine-in only, the burger is a smashed patty topped with American cheese, pickles, onion, mayo and mustard.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Garrett Harper, social and economic wellbeing research associate with the social services office, said redlining played a major role on that front and was further exacerbated as the city was fragmented by its three major highways.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Sep. 2025
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The legal groundwork is fragmented.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Fractured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractured. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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