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
Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 June 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
South America fractures into a puzzle of fjords and channels at the southernmost tip of the continent, the Brunswick Peninsula, in Chile’s Magallanes Region, where the future park will protect temperate rainforests, shrublands, and vast carbon-capturing peat bogs.
—Mark Johanson, Outside, 14 Mar. 2026
And yet, beneath the applause and the accolades, something quietly fractures.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
After someone experiences a significant trauma to their body—such as a high-speed ski crash that fractures their leg—the surrounding muscles can rapidly bleed and swell.
—Claire Maldarelli, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026
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
Verb
Over one tense weekend, old patterns and buried wounds surface in front of in-laws and guests, until the celebration fractures into a collision.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 June 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
South America fractures into a puzzle of fjords and channels at the southernmost tip of the continent, the Brunswick Peninsula, in Chile’s Magallanes Region, where the future park will protect temperate rainforests, shrublands, and vast carbon-capturing peat bogs.
—Mark Johanson, Outside, 14 Mar. 2026
And yet, beneath the applause and the accolades, something quietly fractures.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
After someone experiences a significant trauma to their body—such as a high-speed ski crash that fractures their leg—the surrounding muscles can rapidly bleed and swell.
—Claire Maldarelli, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractures
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Each surgery disrupts blood supply to the skin and lays down a new layer of scar tissue, meaning the risks compound with every procedure.—
Victoria Oliva,
Allure,
23 June 2026
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Xenotransplantation disrupts this trajectory.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
20 June 2026
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Filing a false immigration claim violates anti-fraud statues, according to DHS General Counsel James Percival, and those who file them should be held accountable, according to a memo from Percival and reviewed by ABC News.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
23 June 2026
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In 2022, a federal judge ruled that the state law violates Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act.—
Hansi Lo Wang,
NPR,
22 June 2026
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So, too, does the idea that a soccer coach could close fissures that even the well-meaning among career politicians have failed to seal.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
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The group is particularly interested in suspending, fracturing, and reconstructing time through which othered bodies and identities pass, and in exploring the attendant emerging fissures.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
17 June 2026
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What breaks my heart is that Vermax’s cries sounded like a dog crying, a dog dying.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
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The Ocean's Eleven actor brought up his first encounter with Elliott while the cast was discussing who breaks character the most while filming Landman.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
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Wembanyama’s unorthodox combination of height and skill breaches our paradigms.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
9 May 2026
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Gas breaches $6 a gallon in California.—
Angela Cullen,
Bloomberg,
30 Apr. 2026
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The infection becomes dangerous when a cyst ruptures — most often due to trauma — and may even lead to death if cyst fluid is released into the body.—
Shiv Sudhakar,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Trends from one year to the next should be understood as shifts in emphasis, rather than stark ruptures.—
Marc Zao-Sanders,
Harvard Business Review,
1 June 2026
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Rather than allowing operators to build national scale—which might create cost advantages that stabilize competition—regulation fragments the market into local fiefdoms where economies of scale are extraordinarily difficult to capture.—
Peter Su,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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Technology fragments children’s attention spans.—
Kira Willey,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
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Lionel Messi was overcome with emotion after scoring his first goal against Algeria and said after that match his tears came following some tough days not related to soccer.—
Stephen Hawkins,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
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Lionel Messi was overcome with emotion after scoring his first goal against Algeria, and said after that match his tears came following some tough days not related to soccer.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Fractures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractures. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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