Fracture

(noun.) the act of cracking something.

(noun.) breaking of hard tissue such as bone; 'it was a nasty fracture'; 'the break seems to have been caused by a fall'.

(verb.) fracture a bone of; 'I broke my foot while playing hockey'.

(verb.) break (a bone); 'She broke her clavicle'.

(verb.) become fractured; 'The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe'.

(verb.) violate or abuse; 'This writer really fractures the language'.

(verb.) interrupt, break, or destroy; 'fracture the balance of power'.

(verb.) break into pieces; 'The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle'.

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• It treats of cohesion and resistance to fracture (strength of materials), and uniform, accelerated, and projectile motion (dynamics). 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Within the last decade or so shells have been invented with the design simply to shatter or fracture the plate by which the way is broken for subsequent shots. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• There was an ugly flesh wound, but no signs of a fracture of the skull. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• If you've got a fracture you don't want inflammation. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• You haven't any fracture. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Where any part is broken, however, the fracture looks like fine loaf sugar. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It was as if a fracture in delicate crystal had begun, and he was afraid of any movement that might make it fatal. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Not only are foreign bodies so located, but the fractures of the bones may also be accurately observed, studied and adjusted. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He could not have fractured his skull in a fall? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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