1. • noun - breaking of hard tissue such as bone
   • noun - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
   • noun - the act of cracking something
   • verb - violate or abuse
   • verb - interrupt, break, or destroy
   • verb - break into pieces
   • verb - become fractured
   • verb - break (a bone)
   • verb - fracture a bone of
2. • The act or process of breaking.
   • The condition of having been broken or ruptured: “a sudden and irreparable fracture of the established order” (W.
   • A break, rupture, or crack, especially in bone or cartilage.
   • Mineralogy.
   • The characteristic manner in which a mineral breaks.
   • The characteristic appearance of the surface of a broken mineral.
   • A crack or fault in a rock.
   • To cause to break: fracture a bone.
   • To disrupt or destroy as if by breaking: fractured the delicate balance of power.
   • To abuse or misuse flagrantly, as by violating rules: ignorant writers who fracture the language.
   • To cause to laugh heartily: “Jack Benny fractured audiences... for more than 50 years” (Newsweek).
3. • v - to reduce to fragments

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