fractured

fractured

English

Adjective

fractured (comparative more fractured, superlative most fractured)

  1. (not comparable) Broken into sharp pieces.
    • 2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 50:
      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.
  2. Split into groups which disagree.
    Her fractured family could never agree on anything.

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Verb

fractured

  1. simple past and past participle of fracture
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