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| 1. | [ verb ] violate or abuse | |
| Examples: | "This writer really fractures the language" |
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| Related terms: | pervert | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | |
| Synonyms: | break geological_fault fault_line shift fault | |
| Examples: | "they built it right over a geological fault" |
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| Related terms: | crack strike-slip_fault inclined_fault San_Andreas_Fault denali_fault fault_line geology | |
| 3. | [ verb ] fracture a bone of | |
| Synonyms: | break | |
| Examples: | : "I broke my foot while playing hockey" |
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| Related terms: | injure | |
| 4. | [ verb ] break, as of a bone | |
| Examples: | : "She broke her clavicle" |
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| Related terms: | refracture | |
| 5. | [ verb ] become fractured | |
| Examples: | : "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" |
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| Related terms: | break | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (medicine) breaking of hard tissue such as bone | |
| Synonyms: | break | |
| Examples: | "it was a nasty fracture" "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" |
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| Related terms: | injury compound_fracture fatigue_fracture compression_fracture complete_fracture displaced_fracture comminuted_fracture incomplete_fracture impacted_fracture simple_fracture capillary_fracture depressed_fracture crack | |
| 7. | [ verb ] break into pieces | |
| Examples: | "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle" |
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| Related terms: | break break | |
| 8. | [ verb ] interrupt, break, or destroy | |
| Examples: | "fracture the balance of power" |
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| Related terms: | destroy | |
| 9. | [ noun ] the act of cracking something | |
| Synonyms: | cracking crack | |
| Related terms: | breakage crack | |
| Similar spelling: |
fractured Fruchter fricative fractious frustum fractal fractiously fraction |
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