fracture
noun
1. breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- it was a nasty fracture
Similar word(s): break
Definition categories: state, harm, hurt, injury, trauma
2. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
Similar word(s): break, fault, faulting, shift
Definition categories: object, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure
3. the act of cracking something
verb
1. violate or abuse
- This writer really fractures the language
Definition categories: change, abuse, misuse, pervert
2. interrupt, break, or destroy
- fracture the balance of power
Definition categories: creation, destroy, destruct
3. break into pieces
- The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle
Definition categories: change, break
4. become fractured
- The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe
Definition categories: body, break, discontinue, stop
5. break (a bone)
Definition categories: body
6. fracture a bone of
Similar word(s): break