1
as in disrupts
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
fractured his arm in the fall
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2
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
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
1 July 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mark Johanson,
Outside,
14 Mar. 2026
And yet, beneath the applause and the accolades, something quietly fractures.
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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.
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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.
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Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
The medical examiner also observed multiple rib fractures and a sternal fracture, the autopsy shows.
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Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
When ambitious young athlete Jamal (Stenline) enters her life and confronts the dangerous world around her, everything fractures.
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Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
1 July 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.
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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.
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Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractures
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Live Local also disrupts years of successful and careful planning by the city to promote compatible, consistent development in neighborhoods like Wynwood.
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After all, the status quo looks safer than making a big bet on something that disrupts everything from operations to revenue.
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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.
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In 2022, a federal judge ruled that the state law violates Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act.
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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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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.
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The job is not just knowing the product or having the right answer, but being the person someone calls when something breaks or a deadline slips.
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The party has found a kind of rhythm, where the president breaks fundraising records, spreads the wealth around, and, in return, gets to humiliate disloyal Republicans in seats that the party can’t lose.
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In April, the EU’s highest court ruled that Orbán-era legislation from 2021 that banned the availability of LGBTQ+ content to minors violates EU law and breaches a foundational treaty guaranteeing respect for human rights and equality.
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Wembanyama’s unorthodox combination of height and skill breaches our paradigms.
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The ruptures happened along a boundary between the South American and Caribbean tectonic plates.
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Machine learning has identified systematic changes of microseismic activity that precedes large ruptures, and some studies of the physics of earthquakes have started to provide explanations of why that happens.
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Without them, micro-cultures form around individual leaders, and the organization fragments.
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Technology fragments children’s attention spans.
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Some waving flags, others wiping away tears, thousands have gathered in Tehran for the funeral of Iran’s former supreme leader.
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In rare cases, extreme pressure can cause tears in the esophagus.
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“Fractures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractures. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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