Fracture

noun
'frækʧər

Noun

  • breaking of hard tissue such as bone

    “it was a nasty fracture”

    Similar:Break
    Type of:TraumaHurtInjury

  • (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

    Similar:BreakFaultFaultingShift
    Type of:ScissureFissureCrevice

  • the act of cracking something

    Similar:CrackCracking
    Type of:BreakBreakageBreaking

Verb

  • become fractured

    “The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe”

    Type of:DiscontinueStopBreak

  • break into pieces

    “The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle”

    Type of:Break

  • interrupt, break, or destroy

    “fracture the balance of power”

    Type of:DestroyDestruct

  • violate or abuse

    “This writer really fractures the language”

    Type of:MisuseAbusePervert

  • fracture a bone of

    Similar:Break
    Type of:WoundInjure

  • break (a bone)

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