Fracture - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the act of cracking something (syn: crack, cracking)
verb
- fracture a bone of (syn: break)
Extra examples
She suffered a wrist fracture when she slipped on the ice.
Her wrist fractured when she fell on the ice.
Their happiness was fractured by an unforeseen tragedy.
These problems may fracture the unity of the two parties.
Their fragile happiness fractured all too soon.
The immense pressure causes the rock to fracture.
He fractured his right leg during training.
The opposition has been fractured by bitter disputes.
This writer really fractures the language
The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle
The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe
She suffered a fracture in the accident
Word forms
I/you/we/they: fracture
he/she/it: fractures
present participle: fracturing
past tense: fractured
past participle: fractured
singular: fracture
plural: fractures
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