"fracturing" 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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