fractured
Split under pressure
Fractured describes something broken or cracked, typically bone: a fractured rib, a fractured skull.
The word extends to anything disrupted or divided: fractured relationships, a fractured political party.
Fractured speech or English is broken and imperfect.
The past tense of fracture works the same way: She fractured her wrist in the fall.
Separated into portions
- polarizedSplit into opposing factions
- splinteredBroken into sharp slivers
- fragmentedBroken into pieces
- schismFormal organizational fracture
rift · factionalized · discord · disunity · broken · torn · split · stratified
Damaged beyond function
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- splinteredBroken into sharp slivers
- snappedBroke with sudden force
- hairlineScalp-skin boundary
stress · compound · displaced · comminuted · greenstick · splint · cast · heal
Lacking orderly sequence
- fragmentedBroken into pieces
- nonlinearNot in sequence
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
- brokenDamaged beyond function
episodic · discontinuous · jumbled · incoherent · piecemeal · mosaic · kaleidoscopic · elliptical
Having surface fractures
- damagedMade worse by injury
- weakenedMade less capable
- compromisedMade vulnerable to harm
- unstableProne to sudden change
fissured · split · ruptured · broken · stressed · structural · foundation · load-bearing
Under uncomfortable tension
- brokenDamaged beyond function
- riftCrack or estrangement
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- dividedSeparated into portions
severed · damaged · tense · distant · alienated · rupture · discord · tension
Light-dispersing, multicolored
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
- brokenDamaged beyond function
- splinteredBroken into sharp slivers
- dappledMarked with spots
kaleidoscopic · iridescent · spectrum · rainbow · faceted · crystalline · shimmering · dispersed
divided
Separated into portions
- polarizedSplit into opposing factions
- splinteredBroken into sharp slivers
- fragmentedBroken into pieces
schism · rift · factionalized · discord · disunity · broken · torn · split · stratified · segregated
broken
Damaged beyond function
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- splinteredBroken into sharp slivers
- snappedBroke with sudden force
hairline · stress · compound · displaced · comminuted · greenstick · splint · cast · heal · mend
disjointed
Lacking orderly sequence
- fragmentedBroken into pieces
- nonlinearNot in sequence
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
broken · episodic · discontinuous · jumbled · incoherent · piecemeal · mosaic · kaleidoscopic · elliptical · choppy
cracked
Having surface fractures
- damagedMade worse by injury
- weakenedMade less capable
- compromisedMade vulnerable to harm
unstable · fissured · split · ruptured · broken · stressed · structural · foundation · load-bearing · collapse
strained
Under uncomfortable tension
divided · severed · damaged · tense · distant · alienated · rupture · discord · tension · split
prismatic
Light-dispersing, multicolored
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
- brokenDamaged beyond function
- splinteredBroken into sharp slivers
dappled · kaleidoscopic · iridescent · spectrum · rainbow · faceted · crystalline · shimmering · dispersed · bent
cracked
Having surface fractures
marbled · weathered · aged · patina · ceramic · glass · ice · porcelain · glaze · enamel
- bone termsskeletal, osseous, bony, spinal, vertebral
- damageddamaged, broken, wrecked, ruined, destroyed
- broken apartapart, asunder, broken, broken up, fragmented
- defectsdefect, flaw, crack, cracks, defective
- fell apartcrumbled, shattered, collapsed, disintegrated, broke down
- structural conditionsintact, damaged, compromised, sound, unsound
- hip fracturesCracks in thighbone top
- stress fracturesMicroscopic bone breaks from overuse
- skull fractureBreak in head bone
- compound fractureBone snaps through skin
- hairline fractureMinuscule bone break
- bone fractureCracked or broken skeleton