Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)fracture, breakbreaking of hard tissue such as bone“it was a nasty fracture”,
“the break seems to have been caused by a fall” (n)fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other“they built it right over a geological fault”,
“he studied the faulting of the earth's crust” Verbs
(v)fractureviolate or abuse“This writer really fractures the language” (v)fractureinterrupt, break, or destroy“fracture the balance of power” (v)fracturebreak into pieces“The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle” (v)fracturebecome fractured“The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe” (v)fracture, breakfracture a bone of“I broke my foot while playing hockey”,
“She broke her clavicle”