FRACTURED Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈfrak-chərd

Definition of fractured

as in broken

forcibly separated into many pieces a fractured radius that will have to be pieced together with a metal plate and screws

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fractured

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verb

past tense of fracture

as in disrupted

to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly fractured his arm in the fall

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as in violated

to fail to keep civil liberties that have been fractured by the government's actions

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Recent Examples of fractured

Adjective

By Christmas it had been canonized as the pinnacle of ‘sad girl lit’ with Martha taking her place in that post-Fleabag lineage of fractured female characters. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 The meeting raised hopes for reconciliation and healing following years of fractured family dynamics. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Verb

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder James Maddison has fractured his shoulder and is set to be out for up to two weeks. — David Ornstein, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 During visits to San Marino and Rimini, Pope Leo XIV delivers his strongest appeal yet for dialogue over war and polarization, urging Christians to heal a world fractured by conflict and fear. — Giada Zampano, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fractured

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fractured

Adjective

Casper Kelly, the delightfully skewed sensibility behind Adult Swim’s ‘Too Many Cooks,’ makes a first theatrical feature that feels like a broken time loop.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Mass spectrometry revealed that the broken containers had once held something containing the chemical compounds theobromine, theophylline, caffeine, and paraxanthine.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of broken

Verb

Efforts to bring the outbreak under control — from limited public gatherings to social distancing and airport closures — have disrupted life in the six affected provinces, particularly Ituri, which has been ravaged by rebel violence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
The choices of what to put in each episode — and when to cut from one timeline to another — have sometimes felt arbitrary, and have often disrupted the story’s overall flow.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of disrupted

Verb

The core of the Teamsters’ petition against the DMV is the claim that regulators violated the California Administrative Procedure Act by failing to complete an extensive study of the economic and practical impact of the policy change.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Meta also lost a separate social-media case brought by New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, after a court found that the company violated the state's child-safety laws and ordered it to pay over $900 million in penalties.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of violated

Adjective

Blüh found a shattered wine bottle and cleaning supplies scattered all around her store.

— Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band alongside the Bee-Gees, and then struggled to pick up the pieces of his shattered career until childhood buddy David Bowie brought him back in front of stadium crowds on the Glass Spider tour.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of shattered

Verb

Last month, weeks after tens of thousands of students took to the streets of New Delhi demanding education reform, Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally broke his silence on the seven-week protests.

— Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
The stock just broke below the psychologically important $800 level.

— Tony Zhang, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of broke

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Tracee Ellis Ross favors Udi’s gluten-free bread topped with smashed avocado, lemon juice, crushed red pepper and salt as an afternoon snack, according to a People food diary.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
The marrow adds decadence to what appears to be, at first glance, just another pair of smashed patties slipped inside a sesame seed bun.

— Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of smashed

Verb

Not that it’s been fragmented in a detrimental way, but the first three episodes were largely dedicated to establishing the new status quo.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
The intent was likely to keep ownership from getting fragmented across potential spouses, grandchildren and subsequent generations.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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