verb
definition
To break, or cause something to break.
definition
To amuse (a person) greatly; to split someone's sides.
adjective
definition
Broken into sharp pieces.
definition
Split into groups which disagree.
example
Her fractured family could never agree on anything.
Examples of fractured in a Sentence
Jared kicked the fractured pieces of door out of the way.
All that needed to be done was to fish the fractured ribs of the high arches, put oval holes in the fishes, and not screw up the bolts too tight.
The era of fractured power and corruption is about to end.
The bowl is severed from the blowing iron, and the wine-glass is sent to the annealing oven with a bowl, longer than that of the finished glass, and with a rough fractured edge.
Having severed the body of the vase from the blowing iron, he heated and closed the fractured base, whilst holding the vase by means of the rod fixed in the neck.
They pass through a viscous stage in cooling from a state of fluidity; they develop effects of colour when the glass mixtures are fused with certain metallic oxides; they are, when cold, bad conductors both of electricity and heat, they are easily fractured by a blow or shock and show a conchoidal fracture; they are but slightly affected by ordinary solvents, but are readily attacked by hydrofluoric acid.
In consequence of this composite formation, amethyst is apt to break with a rippled fracture, or to show "thumb markings," and the intersection of two sets of curved ripples may produce on the fractured surface a pattern something like that of "engine turning."
As the fractured surfaces of the glass in this condition are unsuitable for delicate examination a good deal of glass that passes this inspection has yet ultimately to be rejected.
After removal from the machine, the tumbler is severed from the blowing iron, and its fractured edge is trimmed.
In a neighboring hut lay Raevski's adjutant with a fractured wrist.
He saw only the Present, like fractured scenes of a movie where the actors continually changed their lines and settings.
The fractured end is heated, and by the combined action of heat and centrifugal force opens out into a flat foot.
One member of staff was taken to hospital with a fractured cheekbone.
How long does it take for a fractured femur to heal?
He has a fractured skull, " Spock replied.
Properties Zinc is a bluish-white metal, showing a high lustre when freshly fractured.
His duty as the leader of the fractured Council always came first.
The narrative was constructed from the experiences of a fractured French family and their main observer, a lost family member.
A fractured ankle saw him quit The Posh and drift away from the professional game.
The producing fields are mainly hosted in Tertiary and Cretaceous fractured carbonate anticlines, which were formed in the late Cenozoic.
This means that fractured chalk aquifers are hard to remediate once contamination has occurred.
Deceased had his skull fractured and was otherwise terribly bruised.
Dave Halford seemed to be in good form, having recovered from a fractured collarbone 7 months earlier.
Subjectivity is fractured and connects with others, but Haraway does not lose the agency - as often happens in postmodern discourse.
She was found to have a fractured femur and waited for six days before having corrective surgery.
She had lost consciousness briefly and sustained a suspected fractured femur, head, chest and rib injuries.
He had a fall a month earlier which fractured a femur whilst living at 11 Union Street West.
There was severe muscle damage associated with the fractured right femur.
It transpired that she had sustained a fractured fibula.
The curtain will also stop the flow of contaminated groundwater into the highly fractured surrounding rock.
He referred Mrs A for an X-ray and she was found to have a fractured hip; she died in hospital on 21 January.
A woman had slipped and fallen, sustaining a suspected fractured humerus and neck injuries.
She also took Seb to the vet where it was confirmed he had a fractured jaw.
It is used to clean and heal sores and also to help in the healing of fractured bones.
So if, your ace striker suffers a fractured metatarsal, why not pick an ' in form ' alternative?
I did not find any clinical evidence of a fractured neck of femur.
This happened when an English rider had suffered a fractured pelvis after being hit, and the driver responsible chased by another motorist.
Four days in Prague once the fractured pelvis had knitted together.
A grassy rake cuts across the fractured eastern face to emerge just below the triangulation pillar.
As fractured as each character is, they're all endearing and the comic pratfalls they encounter are brilliantly relayed.
The project will combine analytical studies and numerical modeling tools for simulating wave propagation in fractured porous rock.
The oil was produced from fractured Precambrian quartzite on the summits of the buried hills.
Apply an elevated sling, padding and a broad bandage to manage fractured ribs.
Examination of cores revealed that the well stopped in fractured schist containing oil.
The fractured tibia was temporarily immobilized in a below knee back slab.
Radiographs revealed 2 fractured toes, one of which may need amputation.
Karl Muggeridge, who fell this morning, has fractured the 12th vertebra and the second lumbar.
However, the range of variability in fractured vertebrae would pose a problem for a global model.
The commission measured the quality of clinical care for three common conditions, including fractured wrists or elbows in children.
The bottle maker heats the fractured neck of the bottle, binds a band of molten glass round the end of it and simultaneously shapes the inside and the outside of the neck by using the tool shown in fig.