adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
broken/fractured
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He was taken to hospital with a broken arm.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
skull
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Mr Healy died later in a Dublin hospital from bleed of the brain and a fractured skull .
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Pathologist Mustansir Nurbhai said Mr Thompson died of extensive cerebral haemorrhage due to a fractured skull .
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I suspect she has a fractured skull and her cheekbone is also broken.
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He is thought to have a fractured skull and is drifting in and out of consciousness.
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He had emergency surgery on his fractured skull but died 12 hours later from brain injuries.
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He suffered brain damage caused by a fractured skull and died later in Middlesbrough General hospital.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The X-ray revealed that she had several fractured ribs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He said the cause of death was brain damage due to a fractured skull.
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He was managed conservatively, the fractured pelvis being treated by rest in bed.
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I wanted to lay on him the burden of our fractured present.
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It's only a broken collar-bone and two fractured ribs.
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Scores of firemen spent four hours after the explosion trying to repair a fractured gas pipe in the middle of High Street.
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She couldn't help thinking about the Porsche and Nigel's fractured pelvis.
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The graceful flourish of his handwriting contrasted oddly with the fractured grammar and exotic spelling of his prose.