fracture
noun
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Sense 1 noun
breaking of hard tissue such as bone
it was a nasty fracture
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Sense 2 verb
violate or abuse
This writer really fractures the language
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Sense 3 noun
(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
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Sense 4 verb
interrupt, break, or destroy
fracture the balance of power
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Sense 5 noun
the act of cracking something
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Sense 6 verb
break into pieces
The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle
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Sense 7 verb
become fractured
The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe
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Sense 8 verb
break (a bone)
She broke her clavicle
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Sense 9 verb
fracture a bone of
I broke my foot while playing hockey
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crack |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | harm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | comminuted fracture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | complete fracture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | compound fracture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | compression fracture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | depressed fracture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | displaced fracture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fatigue fracture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hairline fracture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | incomplete fracture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | impacted fracture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | simple fracture |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | abuse |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | come apart |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | geology |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | fault line |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | crack |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | inclined fault |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | strike-slip fault |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Denali Fault |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | San Andreas Fault |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | destroy |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | crack |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | breaking |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | cracking |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | faulting |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | break |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | break off |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | cracking |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | refracture |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | cracking |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 9 | verb group | Related & opposite | fracture |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | wound |