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fracture
Anoun
fracture, crack, cracking
 the act of cracking something
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fault, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
 (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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fracture, break
 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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Bverb
fracture, break
 fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
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fracture
 break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"
fracture
 become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
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fracture
 violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language"
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use; expend
pervert; misuse; abuse
fracture
fracture
 break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"
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separate; divide
break
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fracture
 interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power"
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unmake; undo
destroy; destruct
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