1
as in disrupts
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
fractured his arm in the fall
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as in violates
to fail to keep
civil liberties that have been fractured by the government's actions
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Recent Examples of fractures
Korok Ray, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
As a result of the attack, the woman had three stab wounds to her left leg, one to her right leg, fractures to her left rib and right pinky finger, bruises, trauma to her left forearm, and blunt force injuries to her head and face, leaving both eyes swollen shut, the release said.
—Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The Bolt intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) fractures calcium by creating acoustic pressure waves inside of a balloon catheter.
—Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
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If the community fractures over which path to take, and no consensus emerges, adoption may be stalled.
—Korok Ray, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
As a result of the attack, the woman had three stab wounds to her left leg, one to her right leg, fractures to her left rib and right pinky finger, bruises, trauma to her left forearm, and blunt force injuries to her head and face, leaving both eyes swollen shut, the release said.
—Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The Bolt intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) fractures calcium by creating acoustic pressure waves inside of a balloon catheter.
—Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractures
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Incomplete or inconsistent data disrupts workflows and triggers irrelevant follow-ups.—
Al Sefati,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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And there’s the impact of climate change itself, which disrupts seasonal temperature change routines.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Since Missouri vanity plates have to follow the state obscenity law, a court would need to find that the state law violates the First Amendment.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Further, the letter warned that Unwrapped violates Spotify's developer policy, which bans using the Spotify platform or any Spotify content to build machine learning or AI models.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Israel's devastating attack on Gaza, which has killed more than 62,000 Palestinians, including over 18,000 children, is exposing deep ideological fissures on the American Right.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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Vegetation also can conceal deep fissures and cracks.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Virgo has Steal Away begin as a feminist drama that eventually breaks conventions by morphing into something of a horror film, with even a pinch of the supernatural.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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The campaign breaks Thursday in tandem with the retail drop of the Passepartout collection for fall 2025, strong on Lurex jersey dresses and sweaters with a labyrinth motif that gives an animal-print vibe.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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The difference, Tillmon said, is that whereas law enforcement is more responsive in nature, violence interrupters act before a situation breaches a level of crime.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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Nothing so much as a heated theological debate breaches the Brotherhood’s temperate cultural climes.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Achilles tendon ruptures to three then-Eastern Conference All-Stars have cracked open a championship window for recent perpetual also-rans like the Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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More recent work shows that what protects infants in these moments isn’t their temperament or demographics but their caregiver’s ability to repair those ruptures with sensitivity.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Beyond 100 people, culture often fragments, communication distorts and the founder’s vision weakens.—
Jonathan Low,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Click the video below to see a sweet brotherly reunion filled with the kind of hug that comes with happy tears and pure joy.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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This test evaluates the quantity and quality of your tears to diagnose dry eye syndrome.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Fractures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractures. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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