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Synonyms for fractured

  • adjective

Most common

broken shattered

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Adjective

broken, shattered

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Broken into sharp pieces.

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Fractured or Broken?

In a fractured limb, the ends of the broken bone may be separated, tho both portions are still retained within the common muscular tissue.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • broken He got his arm broken while he was playing soccer.
  • shattered Yanni's rear window shattered into a million pieces.

Popularity over time

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fracturedsteady
brokenrising
shatteredrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
broken2
9 letters
shattered2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (broken2 = 2 syllables).