fractured
adjective
frac·tured
ˈfrak-chərd 
-shərd
1
: having a crack or break : having suffered a fracture
a fractured arm/skull/rib
a fractured rock
2
: damaged or destroyed in a sudden or violent way
fractured friendships
3
: imperfectly spoken or written : broken
speaking fractured English/French
Examples of fractured in a Sentence
a fractured radius that will have to be pieced together with a metal plate and screws
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The series plumbs the painful consequences of fractured parent-child relationships and their impact on life decisions, Beta Film has noted.
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025
Those odds dropped slowly with each game Ovechkin missed due to a fractured left fibula until all progress from his hot streak was erased.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
In March 2023, McConnell, the third oldest U.S. senator, fell at a hotel in Washington, D.C., and was hospitalized after suffering a concussion and a fractured rib.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Tapia suffered a fractured skull and spent seven years in a coma following the unprovoked attack.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025
Those odds dropped slowly with each game Ovechkin missed due to a fractured left fibula until all progress from his hot streak was erased.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
In March 2023, McConnell, the third oldest U.S. senator, fell at a hotel in Washington, D.C., and was hospitalized after suffering a concussion and a fractured rib.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Tapia suffered a fractured skull and spent seven years in a coma following the unprovoked attack.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Fractured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fractured. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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