Main entry: crack, cracking, fracture
Definition: the act of cracking something
Main entry: fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, break, shift
Definition: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
Usage: they built it right over a geological fault; he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
Definition: breaking of hard tissue such as bone
Usage: it was a nasty fracture; the break seems to have been caused by a fall
Definition: fracture a bone of
Usage: I broke my foot while playing hockey
Main entry: fracture
Definition: break (a bone)
Usage: She broke her clavicle
Main entry: fracture
Definition: become fractured
Usage: The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe
Main entry: fracture
Definition: violate or abuse
Usage: This writer really fractures the language
Main entry: fracture
Definition: break into pieces
Usage: The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle
Main entry: fracture
Definition: interrupt, break, or destroy
Usage: fracture the balance of power