fracture

/fɹˈæktʃɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. violate or abuse
   “This writer really fractures the language”
2. interrupt, break, or destroy
   “fracture the balance of power”
3. break into pieces
   “The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle”
4. become fractured
   “The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe”
5. break (a bone)
   “She broke her clavicle”
6. fracture a bone of
   “I broke my foot while playing hockey”

noun

1. breaking of hard tissue such as bone
   “it was a nasty fracture”
2. (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”
3. the act of cracking something

Synonyms for fracture

• break
• fault
• faulting
• geological fault
• shift
• crack
• cracking

Words that rhyme with fracture

• manufacture
• remanufacture