Synonyms of fractures

fractures 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fracture

1

as in disrupts

to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly

fractured his arm in the fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupts
• breaks
• fragments
• disintegrates
• reduces
• splits
• shatters
• destroys
• ruins
• breaks up
• cracks
• crushes
• smashes
• busts
• blasts
• dismembers
• chips
• rives
• bursts
• grinds
• wrecks
• explodes
• powders
• pops
• detonates
• pulverizes
• shivers
• blows up
• splinters
• atomizes
• slivers
• implodes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repairs
• heals
• doctors
• fixes
• rebuilds
• mends
• reconstructs
• patches
• renovates
• reconditions

2

as in violates

to fail to keep

civil liberties that have been fractured by the government's actions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• violates
• breaks
• breaches
• infringes (on or upon)
• offends
• transgresses
• contravenes
• rebels
• ignores
• traduces
• neglects
• disobeys
• disregards
• passes over
• resists
• blows off
• slights
• flouts
• overlooks
• brushes (off)
• winks (at)
• scorns
• dismisses
• shrugs off
• withstands
• overpasses
• tunes out
• defies
• pooh-poohs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conforms (to)
• follows
• minds
• yields (to)
• obeys
• observes
• complies (with)
• submits (to)
• serves
• surrenders (to)
• listens (to)
• marks
• defers (to)
• notices
• notes
• regards
• watches
• attends
• hears
• heeds

fractures

2 of 2

noun

plural of fracture

as in fissures

Related Words

• fissures
• ruptures
• tears
• lacerations
• rifts
• splits
• gashes
• cracks
• incisions
• slits
• rents
• gaps
• cuts
• slashes
• openings
• clefts
• crevices
• breaks
• rips
• notches
• breaches
• snags
• crannies
• grooves
• gouges
• chinks
• chasms
• hollows
• voids
• cavities
• caves
• excavations
• trenches
• caverns
• abysses
• ditches
• furrows
• pits
• vacuums
• burrows
• checks
• vacuities
• dents
• depressions
• troughs
• gutters
• indentations
• holes
• concavities
• gulfs
• recesses
• dints
• indentures

Dissimilar Words

• repairs
• unions
• connections
• fillings
• combinations
• closings
• junctions
• couplings
• mergers
• implosions
• consolidations
• tumors
• hills
• unifications
• swellings
• bumps
• mounds
• rises
• swells
• projections
• lumps
• pimples
• sewings
• humps
• joinings
• protrusions
• knittings
• protuberances
• bulges
• convexities
• bunches
• cambers
• juts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fractures

Verb

Over one tense weekend, old patterns and buried wounds surface in front of in-laws and guests, until the celebration fractures into a confrontation. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

Bookshelves were filled with actual paperwork and documents used by medical professionals, while even the hairline fractures visible on X-rays were created with the guidance of real-life practicing physicians. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

With enough pulses, the fast-swelling channel, as in Yutkin’s investigation, induces a shock wave that fractures the rock. — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2026

The elder, Alamagan, attempts to resolve the conflict through customary law and religious counsel, but the absence of truth fractures the community. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026

And Mary’s electric, palpably physical pursuit of justice becomes even more crucial in the final act, after a grotesque display of performative mockery toward Māori culture fractures the last remnants of civility present amid one of Cole’s lavish-yet-repulsive gatherings. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 May 2026

What fractures globalized production naturally results in higher prices just as what integrates global production naturally results in lower prices. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026

After last week's redistricting push by Tennessee Republicans, the thoroughfare now serves as a boundary line that fractures the majority-Black city's residents into three congressional seats that are likely to be held by Republicans. — Stephen Fowler, NPR, 15 May 2026

Asking them to leapfrog to low-carbon pathways while denying them finance, technology, and infrastructure undermines trust and fractures global cooperation—the very cooperation climate action depends on. — Damilola Ogunbiyi, Time, 19 Mar. 2026

Noun

Osteoporotic fractures are responsible for more hospitalizations than heart attacks, strokes, and breast cancer combined, at $400,000 per hip fracture patient per year in care costs. — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026

Upon arriving at the hospital, doctors determined that the colorful bird — belonging to the same family as crows and jays — had left quite a bit of damage, including multiple fractures in Montalva's left cheekbone and a rare fracture of the hyoid bone in her neck. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025

The medical examiner also observed multiple rib fractures and a sternal fracture, the autopsy shows. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025