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fracture
A	noun
	1	fracture, crack, cracking
			the act of cracking something
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚change of integrity ╚breakage; break; breaking ╚fracture, crack, cracking
	2	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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚shape; form ╚amorphous shape ╚space ╚opening; gap ╚crack; cleft; crevice; fissure; scissure ╚fault, geological fault, shift, fracture, break ╚strike-slip fault ╚San Andreas Fault ╚inclined fault ╚Denali Fault
	3	fracture, break
			breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
		Category Tree: state ╚condition; status ╚pathological state ╚ill health; unhealthiness; health problem ╚injury; hurt; harm; trauma ╚fracture, break ╚fatigue fracture; stress fracture ╚displaced fracture ╚depressed fracture ╚compression fracture ╚compound fracture; open fracture ╚complete fracture ╚comminuted fracture
B	verb
	1	fracture, break
			fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚indispose ╚hurt ╚injure; wound ╚fracture, break
	2	fracture
			break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"

	3	fracture
			become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚end; terminate ╚break; break off; discontinue; stop ╚fracture
	4	fracture
			violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language"
		Category Tree: use; expend ╚pervert; misuse; abuse ╚fracture
	5	fracture
			break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"
		Category Tree: separate; divide ╚break ╚fracture
	6	fracture
			interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power"
		Category Tree: unmake; undo ╚destroy; destruct ╚fracture

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