Definition of fracture

noun (n)

• breaking of hard tissue such as bone (noun.state)

  Synonym: break
  

  Example:
  It was a nasty fracture.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other (noun.object)

  Synonym: break, fault, faulting, geological fault, shift
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of cracking something (noun.act)

  Synonym: crack, cracking
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• violate or abuse (verb.change)

  Example:
  This writer really fractures the language.
  

  source: wordnet30
• interrupt, break, or destroy (verb.creation)

  Example:
  Fracture the balance of power.
  

  source: wordnet30
• break into pieces (verb.change)

  Example:
  The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle.
  

  source: wordnet30
• become fractured (verb.body)

  Example:
  The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe.
  

  source: wordnet30
• break (a bone) (verb.body)

  source: wordnet30
• fracture a bone of (verb.body)

  source: wordnet30
• To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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