fracture
has definitions from the fields of geology,medicine
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[ verb ] violate or abuse
Examples "This writer really fractures the language" Used in print (Rosemary Balckmon, "How Much Do You Tell When...)Immediately thereafter , the patient fractures her rehearsed story , veering into an oversoft , breathy , sloppily articulated , `` I do n't feel_like talking right_now '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
Synonyms Examples "they built it right over a geological fault" |
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[ verb ] become fractured
Examples : "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (medicine) breaking of hard tissue such as bone
Synonyms Examples "it was a nasty fracture" "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" |
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[ verb ] interrupt, break, or destroy
Examples "fracture the balance of power" Related terms |
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