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fracture

noun
  1. the act of cracking something
    crackingcrack
  2. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
    fault
  3. breaking of hard tissue such as bone
    “it was a nasty fracture”
    break
verb
  1. fracture a bone of
    break
  2. break a bone
    “I had to take time off from typing after I fractured my wrist.”
  3. become fractured
    “The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe”
    crack
  4. violate or abuse
    “This writer really fractures the language”
  5. break into pieces
    “The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle”
  6. interrupt, break, or destroy
    “fracture the balance of power”