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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
- Garrett was shot down, incurring a gaping ankle fracture.p. 157.7
- He beat POWs every day, fracturing their windpipes, rupturing their eardrums, shattering their teeth, tearing one man's ear half off, tying another to a tree for days.p. 174.1
There are no more uses of "fracture" in Unbroken - adapted for young adults.
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