Synonyms of fracture

fracture 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to disrupt

to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly

fractured his arm in the fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupt
• break
• fragment
• disintegrate
• shatter
• reduce
• destroy
• ruin
• split
• bust
• break up
• crush
• crack
• smash
• rive
• blast
• powder
• dismember
• burst
• grind
• wreck
• explode
• chip
• pulverize
• detonate
• pop
• splinter
• blow up
• atomize
• shiver
• sliver
• implode

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repair
• heal
• patch
• fix
• rebuild
• reconstruct
• mend
• doctor
• renovate
• recondition

2

as in to violate

to fail to keep

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• violate
• break
• breach
• infringe (on or upon)
• offend
• transgress
• contravene
• ignore
• disobey
• traduce
• rebel
• slight
• disregard
• neglect
• blow off
• pass over
• resist
• brush (off)
• withstand
• tune out
• flout
• dismiss
• scorn
• defy
• overlook
• wink (at)
• shrug off
• pooh
• overpass
• pooh-pooh

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• follow
• conform (to)
• comply (with)
• obey
• observe
• mind
• serve
• submit (to)
• yield (to)
• listen (to)
• hear
• regard
• defer (to)
• surrender (to)
• attend
• watch
• mark
• notice
• note
• heed

fracture

2 of 2

noun

as in rupture

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rupture
• fissure
• rift
• tear
• split
• laceration
• incision
• gash
• slit
• crack
• break
• slash
• breach
• rent
• cleft
• gap
• opening
• crevice
• cut
• notch
• rip
• groove
• vacuum
• gouge
• snag
• chasm
• chink
• excavation
• trench
• hollow
• cavity
• cave
• abyss
• ditch
• void
• cranny
• cavern
• check
• furrow
• pit
• burrow
• trough
• gutter
• depression
• indentation
• concavity
• gulf
• dent
• dint
• recess
• vacuity
• hole
• indenture

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repair
• healing
• union
• closing
• sealing
• filling
• combination
• connection
• consolidation
• junction
• implosion
• coupling
• unification
• connecting
• sewing
• combining
• joining
• stitching
• merger
• knitting
• linking
• rise
• merging
• tumor
• swelling
• hill
• mending
• patching
• suturing
• mound
• plugging
• bump
• swell
• lump
• projection
• darning
• uniting
• hump
• protrusion
• bunch
• bulge
• convexity
• pimple
• protuberance
• camber
• jut

Examples of fracture in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Then on the Boston Celtics, Hayward fractured his tibia and dislocated his ankle just minutes into the season opener. —Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024

Books seeking to illustrate dynamics like these can come off as tedious: Not another novel about a woman fracturing under complicated stressors! —Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2024

Noun

Roper also had a passenger in his squad car — a ride along — who sustained rib bruising and multiple fractures due to the crash. —Alaa Elassar, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024

Less than two weeks after returning, Freeman took a bad-hop ground ball off his right hand and suffered a hairline fracture in his middle finger. —Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 30 Aug. 2024