"fracture" in the noun sense
1. fracture, break
breaking of hard tissue such as bone
"it was a nasty fracture"
"the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
2. fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
"they built it right over a geological fault"
"he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
3. fracture, crack, cracking
the act of cracking something
"fracture" in the verb sense
1. fracture
violate or abuse
"This writer really fractures the language"
2. fracture
interrupt, break, or destroy
"fracture the balance of power"
3. fracture
break into pieces
"The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"
4. fracture
become fractured
"The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
5. fracture
break (a bone
"She broke her clavicle"
6. fracture, break
fracture a bone of
"I broke my foot while playing hockey"
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