ˈkɹækɪŋ fɔːlt fɔlt ˈfɹæk.tʃə ˈfɹæk.tʃə ʃɪft fracture a bone of I broke my foot while playing hockey She broke her clavicle become fractured The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe violate or abuse This writer really fractures the language break into pieces The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle the act of cracking something interrupt, break, or destroy fracture the balance of power (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 breaking of hard tissue such as bone it was a nasty fracture the break seems to have been caused by a fall