eng: fracture

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Meaning
means	(noun) breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" fracture, break
means	(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"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" fracture, fault, break, shift, faulting, geological fault
means	(noun) the act of cracking something crack, fracture, cracking
means	(verb) violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language" fracture
means	(verb) interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power" fracture
means	(verb) break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle" fracture
means	(verb) become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" fracture
means	(verb) break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle" fracture
means	(verb) fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" fracture, break
means	e/Fracture (geology)
means	e/Fracture