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fracture

frac·ture

UK/ˈfɹæk.tjəɹ/ US/ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃʰəː/ fairly common slang
verb (6) noun (3)

verb

1.

violate or abuse

  • “This writer really fractures the language”
2.

interrupt, break, or destroy

  • “fracture the balance of power”
3.

break into pieces

  • “The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle”
4.

become fractured

  • “The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe”
5.

break (a bone)

  • “She broke her clavicle”
6.

fracture a bone of

  • “I broke my foot while playing hockey”
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noun

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”
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3.

Origin

From Middle English fracture, from Old French fracture, from Latin frāctūra (“a breach, fracture, cleft”), from frangere (“to break”), past participle frāctus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-, whence also English break.

Phrases

  • Bennett fracture
  • Bennett's fracture
  • boxer's fracture
  • brittle fracture
  • chalkstick fracture
  • Colles' fracture
  • complicated fracture
  • compound fracture

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