fracture | English to English Dictionary

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fracture

('fr/&/k/tS//@/r )

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

Example:
It was a nasty fracture.

Synonym:
break

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

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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