1. fracture - noun
· breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
Synonym(s): break
Hypernym(s): injury, hurt, harm, trauma
2. fracture - noun
· (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
Synonym(s): fault, faulting, geological_fault, shift, break
Hypernym(s): crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
3. fracture - noun
· the act of cracking something
Hypernym(s): breakage, break, breaking
4. fracture - verb
· violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language"
Hypernym(s): pervert, misuse, abuse
5. fracture - verb
· interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power"
Hypernym(s): destroy, destruct
6. fracture - verb
· break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"
Hypernym(s): break
7. fracture - verb
· become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
Hypernym(s): break, break_off, discontinue, stop
8. fracture - verb
· break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"
9. fracture - verb
· fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
Synonym(s): break
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