Noun

• S: (n) fracture (fracture%1:26:00::), break (break%1:26:00::) (breaking of hard tissue such as bone) "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
• S: (n) fault (fault%1:17:00::), faulting (faulting%1:17:00::), geological fault (geological_fault%1:17:00::), shift (shift%1:17:00::), fracture (fracture%1:17:00::), break (break%1:17:00::) ((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"
• S: (n) fracture (fracture%1:04:00::), crack (crack%1:04:00::), cracking (cracking%1:04:00::) (the act of cracking something)

Verb

• S: (v) fracture (fracture%2:30:01::) (violate or abuse) "This writer really fractures the language"
• S: (v) fracture (fracture%2:36:00::) (interrupt, break, or destroy) "fracture the balance of power"
• S: (v) fracture (fracture%2:30:10::) (break into pieces) "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"
• S: (v) fracture (fracture%2:29:02::) (become fractured) "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
• S: (v) fracture (fracture%2:29:01::) (break (a bone)) "She broke her clavicle"
• S: (v) fracture (fracture%2:29:00::), break (break%2:29:04::) (fracture a bone of) "I broke my foot while playing hockey"