fracture

Meaning

Noun

1. An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
2. A break in bone or cartilage.
3. A fault or crack in a rock.

Verb

1. To break, or cause something to break.
2. (slang) To amuse (a person) greatly; to split someone's sides.

Concepts

fracture

break

crack

split

rupture

fissure

breaking

breach

crevice

breakage

rift

cracking

failure

smash

gap

cleft

fault

faulting

snap

rent

break down

break off

crush

demolish

geological fault

shift

violate

bust

breakdown

abruption

fragmentation

broken

chink

slit

slot

snap off

bone fracture

be cracked

broken bone

shatter

destroy

disturb

break into pieces

ice fracture

chasm

division

etc.

reduction of a bone

impress

bruise

break up

go bust

break-off

disconnect

wreckage

nick

dislocation

collapsing

failure breaking

flying-off

impair

out-break

rapture

cross-section

fracture plane

fracture surface

plane of fracture

plane of rupture

section

comminution

crushing

fragmenting

burst

destruction

disruption

disruptive

ecphlysis

rhegma

fish mouthing

rip

vein

flaw

tiar

crevasse

fissuring

be fractured

become fissured

fissured

break in

decipher

speech pattern

calve

crock up

fall apart

shear

disrepair

tear

break of

chop

fragment

contravene

derogate

encroach on

infringe

outrage

pirate

prejudice

transgress

discontinuity

scracth

injury

sprain

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹæk.tjə/

Etymology

From Middle English fracture, from Old French fracture, from Latin fractūra (“a breach, fracture, cleft”), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-, whence also English break. See fraction. Doublet of fraktur.