Webster's English Dictionary

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fracture

1. frac.ture \'frak-ch*r\ n 1a: the act or process of breaking or the state 
   of being broken; specif)X : the breaking of hard tissue (as bone) 1b: the 
   rupture of soft tissue  2: the result of fracturing : BREAK  3: the texture 
   of a freshly broken surface of a mineral  commonly applies to the cracking 
   of hard substances (as bones), RUPTURE to the tearing or bursting of soft 
   ones (as blood vessels) SYN syn FRACTURE, RUPTURE mean a break in tissue. 
   FRACTURE 
2. fracture \-ch*-rin, -shrin\ vb or frac.tur.ing 1a: to cause a fracture 
   in : BREAK  1b: RUPTURE, TEAR  2a: to damage or destroy as if by rupturing  
   2b: to break up : FRACTIONATE  : to undergo fracture