fracture
Example Sentences
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Burden’s family legacy was fractured by infidelity and a laissez faire attitude, at least in the public sphere, toward men behaving badly.
From Los Angeles Times
World War II fractured the marriage of Sydney and David.
In a surprising discovery that could reshape fluid mechanics, researchers at Drexel University have shown that under certain conditions, a simple liquid can behave like a solid and fracture.
From Science Daily
But six months on from that ceasefire agreement, Gaza's future is uncertain, stuck in a fractured limbo between war and peace.
From BBC
Kidnapping had occurred before the civil war, but the scale and nature of it changed dramatically after 2014, when Yemen when Yemen in effect fractured under rival governments.
From Los Angeles Times
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