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
Barney Krishnan,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Now that cities and suburbs are expanding, that natural process is fracturing, making reproduction more challenging.
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Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
1 July 2026
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Acute injuries like a major fracture or an ACL tear are straightforward candidates for treatment at the institute.
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Jp Shaffer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
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Verb
However, proximity matters little if an enterprise is fractured internally by the adversarial divide between Business and IT.
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Barney Krishnan,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Now that cities and suburbs are expanding, that natural process is fracturing, making reproduction more challenging.
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Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
1 July 2026
Noun
The Chronicle reports there's already a fracture between lawmakers in Lake and Porter counties, with Porter County officials having little appetite to implement new taxes, like a 1% restaurant tax, or raising existing taxes to raise money for a stadium that won't even be in their jurisdiction.
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Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Acute injuries like a major fracture or an ACL tear are straightforward candidates for treatment at the institute.
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Jp Shaffer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fracture
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Even tiny electromagnetic disturbances can disrupt the quantum states that perform calculations, reducing the accuracy and reliability of the system.
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The decision severely hampered local planning for America’s 250th anniversary, disrupting history projects, museums and educational programs nationwide.
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Judge Sullivan concluded in his June 25 decision to order Blanche to release more information or explain himself that Blanche had likely violated the transparency law.
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Guests were reportedly required to sign nondisclosure agreements before receiving any event details (although the NDAs were said not to have included any penalties for violating the terms).
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Under church law, the consecrations constitute a schismatic act, or an intentional rupture of the unity of the Catholic Church, and incur automatic excommunication for the four bishops and the bishop administering the consecration.
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But somewhere in the process, a misread signal or an unintentional breach of a norm that no term sheet mentioned created a rupture that the financial structure could not repair.
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Historic heat Since Thursday, heat in the East has broken at least three dozen daily high temperature records, many warmest-low-temperature records as heat reached levels that some cities haven’t experienced in more than a decade.
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The lead secured, Switzerland shifted to a five-man midfield out of possession, snuffing out the space and challenging the Algerians to play through it, but Petkovic’s charges struggled to break their opponents down.
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The fissure was visible before the war.
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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.
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If the underlying platform is fragmented, any inherent inefficiency can quickly become a bottleneck for AI scaling.
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In it, DeLillo uses the Kennedy assassination to examine how conspiracy theories give shape and sense to an increasingly fragmenting culture.
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The fallout from Batula and Wilson’s relationship caused some rifts in the friend group, and their exits were not entirely surprising.
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For a party that prides itself on diversity, the clashes have exacerbated fierce debates over identity politics and long-standing rifts between progressives and moderates.
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Sitting solo in the buzz of Apiri, soaking in the bright avgolemono, a tear sprang to my eye at the kismet.
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Taking a few extra minutes to protect it during transport can help prevent tears, moisture damage, and debris from compromising the materials.
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“Fracture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fracture. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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