All 3 Uses of
fracture
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Deeds of violence, brutalities, contusions, fractures; this is the work of the revolutions from Luther to Mirabeau.†
Chpt 1.3.1 *
- "The devil!" went on the soldier, flattered by the provost's praise, "these fractures of the iron are perfectly fresh."†
Chpt 2.11.1
- Moreover, there was no fracture of the vertebrae at the nape of the neck, and it was evident that he had not been hanged.†
Chpt 2.11.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(fracture) a crack or break, or to cause one, especially in something hard -- such as a bone
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Fracture can also be used metaphorically as in "fracture the balance of power."