1
as in to disrupt
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
fractured his arm in the fall
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2
as in to violate
to fail to keep
civil liberties that have been fractured by the government's actions
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as in rupture
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Recent Examples of fracture
Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
It’s won in the battlefield of the mind, where fatigue, stress and relentless decision-making threaten to fracture resolve.
—Akin Akinpelu, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Jeff Spry, Space.com, 5 July 2025
One of them, 17-year-old Adrian Sanchez, had been shot two years earlier, the bullet fracturing his arm and grazing his side.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Verb
After observing the autopsy, Baden claimed that Epstein's injuries—including fractures in the hyoid bone—were more typical of homicidal strangulation than suicide.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
It’s won in the battlefield of the mind, where fatigue, stress and relentless decision-making threaten to fracture resolve.
—Akin Akinpelu, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Noun
As fresh bonds are formed, past relationships are challenged and even fractured, as our international cast of survivors must become a team before certain doom.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 5 July 2025
One of them, 17-year-old Adrian Sanchez, had been shot two years earlier, the bullet fracturing his arm and grazing his side.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fracture
Verb
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Underneath the fun exterior, Red Bull was serious about its ambitions of disrupting F1’s front-runners and assembling a team that was capable of winning a championship.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Frequent use can disrupt normal bowel function and lead to laxative dependence or chronic constipation.7 Only use castor oil under medical guidance.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Under the proposal, violating the permit restrictions would carry a $150 fine.—
John Tuohy,
IndyStar,
23 July 2025
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Then, in November 2023, a mistrial was declared in a federal trial over whether Hankison violated the civil rights of Taylor, her boyfriend and neighbors after the jury could not come to a decision.—
Josh Wood,
The Courier-Journal,
23 July 2025
Noun
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But summer rainfall can cause cherries to become waterlogged and rupture.—
David Morgan
July 11,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
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This causes the collagen and elastin in skin to rupture.—
Erin Bunch,
Glamour,
9 July 2025
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But an injury put an end to that impressive string of games, as Jovic broke his right hand on Feb. 23 and missed the final 27 games of last regular season.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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Will Porter has spent the past few years breaking back into tennis by taking lessons and playing matches with friends.—
Will Porter,
Travel + Leisure,
14 July 2025
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And Japan’s invocation of World War II is controversial in a region where fissures over Tokyo’s devastating militarism during the period sour relations with many of its neighbors to this day.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
16 July 2025
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While the Gen-Z and progressive flanks of the party came together in support of Mamdani last month, fissures within the cohort have emerged in Arizona.—
Brittany Shepherd,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
Verb
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The development process is fragmented, the talent pool is bifurcated and the hodgepodge of tools were all designed for AI development in the cloud, not the edge.—
Rajesh Subramaniam,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Though still fragmented, the effort is increasingly looking like a full-on takeover, a Pixar-like artquake that aims to change the provenance of images, the business of production and (not to put too fine a point on it) the language of cinema itself.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
16 July 2025
Noun
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This rift has become especially pronounced on social media, with hordes of conservative influencers dividing between those behind the banner of Trump and those of the Epstein narrative skeptics.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
18 July 2025
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The year-long FOI battle is connected to a convoluted and bitter political rift that has dogged Bloomfield for the past two years under Mayor Danielle Wong’s administration.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
16 July 2025
Noun
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Exercise creates microscopic tears in your muscle tissues, which then triggers an inflammatory process in your body that results in that sore sensation, as SELF previously reported.—
Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
18 July 2025
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In 2024, Rice suffered an ACL tear and played in only four games after a dominant rookie season.—
David Close,
CNN Money,
17 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Fracture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fracture. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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