fracture

1. n. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach. Source: opted

2. n. The breaking of a bone. Source: opted

3. n. The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture. Source: opted

4. v. t. 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. Source: opted

5. n. breaking of hard tissue such as bone Source: wordnet

6. n. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other Source: wordnet

7. n. the act of cracking something Source: wordnet

8. v. violate or abuse Source: wordnet

9. v. interrupt, break, or destroy Source: wordnet

10. v. break into pieces Source: wordnet

11. v. become fractured Source: wordnet

12. v. fracture a bone of Source: wordnet

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