fracture
noun
the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
fractured
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past participleof fracture.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof fracture.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
fracturenounthe breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
Example Sentences
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It’s another song about a fractured relationship in which obsession reaches a boiling point, as if we’re seeing the couple from “Happy for You” in a different but equally disturbing phase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Yet for too long, division has fractured our football family.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The idea of one song taking hold among the entire nation’s teenagers is even more ridiculous now that streaming has fractured the musical monoculture.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecomu on Thursday was unveiling the country’s draft budget that he will try to push through a fractured parliament.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
My face is frozen and fractured in a witch’s snarl of grief.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
