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
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
If the community fractures over which path to take, and no consensus emerges, adoption may be stalled.
—Korok Ray, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
As a result of the attack, the woman had three stab wounds to her left leg, one to her right leg, fractures to her left rib and right pinky finger, bruises, trauma to her left forearm, and blunt force injuries to her head and face, leaving both eyes swollen shut, the release said.
—Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The Bolt intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) fractures calcium by creating acoustic pressure waves inside of a balloon catheter.
—Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
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While a tiny fraction of the quake’s energy (less than 1%) fractures rocks, up to 80% of it is transformed into heat.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
If the community fractures over which path to take, and no consensus emerges, adoption may be stalled.
—Korok Ray, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
As a result of the attack, the woman had three stab wounds to her left leg, one to her right leg, fractures to her left rib and right pinky finger, bruises, trauma to her left forearm, and blunt force injuries to her head and face, leaving both eyes swollen shut, the release said.
—Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The Bolt intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) fractures calcium by creating acoustic pressure waves inside of a balloon catheter.
—Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractures
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Fall fatigue is often linked to the decrease in sunlight, which disrupts your body’s internal clock (circadian rhythm) and can lower serotonin levels, a key mood-regulating hormone.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Creating a hostile environment that disrupts the event or puts others at risk.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Sep. 2025
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Since Missouri vanity plates have to follow the state obscenity law, a court would need to find that the state law violates the First Amendment.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Further, the letter warned that Unwrapped violates Spotify's developer policy, which bans using the Spotify platform or any Spotify content to build machine learning or AI models.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Wyatt exited and then returned to the project amid creative fissures, including wrangling over the movie’s tone, pacing, and length.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Trump is facing a catch-22 in the face of growing fissures at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and mounting departures of scientists and experts over vaccine policy.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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However, one breaks the mould more than the rest.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Involving the police also breaks trust between them and people suffering from mental health struggles, Weaver said.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Sep. 2025
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The difference, Tillmon said, is that whereas law enforcement is more responsive in nature, violence interrupters act before a situation breaches a level of crime.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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Nothing so much as a heated theological debate breaches the Brotherhood’s temperate cultural climes.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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His goal is to build a support system for Andy, the half-brother, after Dyer has died and despite past family ruptures.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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Achilles tendon ruptures to three then-Eastern Conference All-Stars have cracked open a championship window for recent perpetual also-rans like the Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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The erosion of cooperation fragments collective Arab action on critical issues from Gaza to Nile water disputes, accelerating regional conflicts into competing spheres of influence.—
Khaled Hassan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Beyond 100 people, culture often fragments, communication distorts and the founder’s vision weakens.—
Jonathan Low,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Click the video below to see a sweet brotherly reunion filled with the kind of hug that comes with happy tears and pure joy.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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This test evaluates the quantity and quality of your tears to diagnose dry eye syndrome.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
10 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Fractures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fractures. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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