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noun : FRACTURE
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" ;
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2. (
) (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" ;
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3. (
) the act of cracking something ;
verb : FRACTURE
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language" ;
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2. (
) interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power" ;
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3. (
) break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle" ;
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4. (
) become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" ;
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5. (
) break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle" ;
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6. (
) fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" ;
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