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Definition
a crack (or break) of a hard object — such as bone or rock; or the act of cracking or breaking
- If the noose is positioned right—there's something about a brass eyelet—the fall causes an instant fracture of the C2 vertebra.
- "From what I imagine," Christian said, "the inmate would be hanged in such a way that the spine would be fractured at C2/C3, which would arrest all spontaneous respiration."
- The force of the drop, combined with the position of the knot, is what's meant to fracture the cervical vertebrae and separate the spinal cord.
There are no more uses of "fracture" in Change of Heart by Picoult.
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