the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
the act of breaking; state of being broken.
a break, breach, or split.
the characteristic manner of breaking: a material of unpredictable fracture.
the characteristic appearance of a broken surface, as of a mineral.
verb (used with object),frac·tured,frac·tur·ing.
to cause or to suffer a fracture in (a bone, etc.).
to break or crack.
Slang. to amuse highly or cause to laugh heartily; delight: The new comic really fractured the audience.
verb (used without object),frac·tured,frac·tur·ing.
to become fractured; break: a mineral that does not fracture easily.
Origin of fracture
1375–1425; late Middle English <Middle French <Latin frāctūra a breach, cleft, fracture, equivalent to frāct(us) (past participle of frangere to break) + -ūra-ure
Nurk suffered compound fractures to the tibia and fibula of his lower left leg during a double-overtime win over the Nets in March 2019, and at the time this season went on hiatus, he had been out for two weeks shy of a full year.
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Facebook has—to fracture an old phrase—just closed the barn door after a billion cows already departed the premises.
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And the truth is, I got way more opportunities out of Half Nelson than I did out of Fracture.
Rob Lowe: Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful|Tricia Romano|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Loss of empire—and particularly the arrival of former subjects from Asia and Africa—threatened to fracture that identity.
Take a Bow, London: The Olympics Were a Triumph|Peter Jukes|August 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He was Tasered several times but he was still able to grab a baton from a police officer and fracture her arm.
A break or rupture in bone tissue.♦ A comminuted fracture results in more than two fragments.♦ Although most fractures are caused by a direct blow or sudden, twisting force, stress fractures result from repetitive physical activity.♦ In an incomplete fracture, the fracture line does not completely traverse the bone.