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Definition
a crack (or break) of a hard object — such as bone or rock; or the act of cracking or breakingFracture can also be used metaphorically as in "fracture the balance of power."
- fractured the shinbone
fractured = broke
- fracture in the earth's crust
- The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle
- it was a nasty fracture
- A simple fracture.John Knowles -- A Separate Peace
- Her leg had been so swollen and painful all along that the doctor had not even tried to set the fractures,John Hersey -- Hiroshima
- You haven't any fracture.Ernest Hemingway -- A Farewell to Arms
- I was coated in ice, too, that fractured and crackled as I moved.Laurie Halse Anderson -- Chains
- My shoulder was dislocated, but I only fractured two ribs.Laurie Halse Anderson -- The Impossible Knife of Memory
- 'Fracture wound, simple projectile, type O.' It doesn't say anything about amputation, does it?Walter Dean Myers -- Fallen Angels
- Byrnes was in serious condition at Sacred Heart with multiple fractures, his face so badly beaten as to be unrecognizable.Chris Crutcher -- Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
- It is a hoop to be fractured by a tiny jar.Virginia Woolf -- The Waves
- Smaller fractures appeared, webbing her skin.Rick Riordan -- The Red Pyramid
- The stone had actually cracked in two, a thin fracture running its entire length, but the trembling had stopped completely.Scott Westerfeld -- The Secret Hour
- I imagine the atmosphere got a little tense when Carlisle had to rebreak the fractures -Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
- He wants to fracture the group before July.Nora Roberts -- Blood Brothers
- Sometimes we're fractured by the choices we make; sometimes we're shattered by things we would never have chosen.Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
- A reeling smear of words, twitching gestures, fractured lights, features, a flickering gauntlet of tumult and dismay.Henry Roth -- Call It Sleep
- A commode, one leg fractured, totally covered by square cretonne cutting, apple design, on which rested a lady's black straw hat.James Joyce -- Ulysses
- Rumbles of thunder and the sound of rock fracturing combined to make a horrible chorus as the ground beneath Thomas continued to shake.James Dashner -- The Death Cure
fracture = crack (in the bone)
fractures = breaks
fracture = crack (in the bone)