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fractures

verb , present tense third-person singular of fracture

Synonyms and Antonyms of fractures

1 to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly

fractured his arm in the fall

Synonyms of fractures

breaks, breaks up, busts, disintegrates, dismembers, disrupts, fragments, rives

Words Related to fractures

atomizes, crushes, grinds, powders, pulverizes, reduces

blasts, blows up, bursts, detonates, explodes

cracks, pops, shatters, shivers, smashes

chips, slivers, splinters, splits

destroys, ruins, wrecks

Near Antonyms of fractures

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

2 to fail to keep

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

Synonyms of fractures

breaches, breaks, contravenes, infringes (on or upon), offends, traduces, transgresses, violates

Words Related to fractures

disobeys, rebels

blows off, brushes (off), disregards, flouts, ignores, neglects, overlooks, overpasses, passes over, slights, tunes out, winks (at)

dismisses, pooh-poohs (also poohs), scorns, shrugs off

defies, resists, withstands

Near Antonyms of fractures

defers (to), serves, submits (to), surrenders (to), yields (to)

attends, hears, heeds, listens (to), marks, notes, notices, regards, watches

Antonyms of fractures

complies (with), conforms (to), follows, minds, obeys, observes

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