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fractured

fractured adjective: broken into sharp pieces. Also the simple past and past participle of fracture.

Adjective

fractured (comparative more fractured, superlative most fractured)

  1. (not comparable) Broken into sharp pieces.
    • Of the nine staff in the third coach, most had been having a break, drinking tea or reading. One suffered a fractured skull, another a fractured shoulder. All were either thrown along or across the coach, sustaining cuts, bruising and whiplash injuries.2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 50
  2. Split into groups which disagree.
    • Her fractured family could never agree on anything.

Also used as

fractured is also the simple past and past participle of fracture.

Examples of fractured in a sentence

  • This is creating a rather fractured view of Odin in modern times.
  • In a world fractured with discord this factor of interrecognition can indeed become complicated.
  • One suffered a fractured skull, another a fractured shoulder.

All 21 example sentences with fractured

Forms of fractured

comparativemore fractured
superlativemost fractured

Words formed from fractured

Questions about fractured

What does fractured mean?
Fractured means broken into sharp pieces.
What part of speech is fractured?
Fractured is an adjective.

Words near fractured in the dictionary

  1. fracturable
  2. fractural
  3. fracture
  4. fracture plane
  5. fracture planes
  6. fractured
  7. fracturedness
  8. fractureproof
  9. fractures
  10. fracturing
  11. fracturings

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