fracture

[Frac·ture]

Think of something hard breaking in a crisp, snapping manner, and you've just imagined a fracture. The word is most often applied to a broken bone, but it can used to describe any sharp, sudden break of something solid.

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The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.

Noun
the act of cracking something

Noun
(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"

Noun
breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"

Verb
fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"

Verb
break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"

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Verb
become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"

Verb
violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language"

Verb
break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"

Verb
interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power"

n.
The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.

n.
The breaking of a bone.

n.
The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.

v. t.
To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.

Fracture

Frac"ture , n. [L. fractura, fr. frangere, fractum, to break: cf. F. fracture. See Fraction.] 1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach. 2. (Surg.) The breaking of a bone. 3. The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture. Comminuted fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone is broken into several parts. -- Complicated fracture (Surg.), a fracture of the bone combined with the lesion of some artery, nervous trunk, or joint. -- Compound fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which there is an open wound from the surface down to the fracture. -- Simple fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone only is ruptured. It does not communicate with the surface by an open wound. Syn. -- Fracture, Rupture. These words denote different kinds of breaking, according to the objects to which they are applied. Fracture is applied to hard substances; as, the fracture of a bone. Rupture is oftener applied to soft substances; as, the rupture of a blood vessel. It is also used figuratively. "To be an enemy and once to have been a friend, does it not embitter the rupture?" South.

Fracture

Frac"ture , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fractured (; 135); p. pr. & vb. n.. Fracturing.] [Cf. F. fracturer.] To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.

The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.

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