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frac⋅ture

  [frak-cher] noun, verb, -tured, -tur⋅ing.
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–noun
1. the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
2. the act of breaking; state of being broken.
3. a break, breach, or split.
4. the characteristic manner of breaking: a material of unpredictable fracture.
5. the characteristic appearance of a broken surface, as of a mineral.
–verb (used with object)
6. to cause or to suffer a fracture in (a bone, etc.).
7. to break or crack.
8. Slang. to amuse highly or cause to laugh heartily; delight: The new comic really fractured the audience.
–verb (used without object)
9. to become fractured; break: a mineral that does not fracture easily.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < MF < L frāctūra a breach, cleft, fracture, equiv. to frāct(us) (ptp. of frangere to break ) + -ūra -ure

Related forms:
frac⋅tur⋅a⋅ble, adjective
frac⋅tur⋅al, adjective
frac⋅tur⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
7. smash, shatter, splinter, rupture, split.
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frac·ture   (frāk'chər)   
n.  

    1. The act or process of breaking.

    2. The condition of having been broken or ruptured: "a sudden and irreparable fracture of the established order" (W. Bruce Lincoln).

    3. The characteristic manner in which a mineral breaks.

    4. The characteristic appearance of the surface of a broken mineral.

  2. A break, rupture, or crack, especially in bone or cartilage.

  3. Mineralogy

    1. The characteristic manner in which a mineral breaks.

    2. The characteristic appearance of the surface of a broken mineral.

  4. Geology A crack or fault in a rock.

v.   frac·tured, frac·tur·ing, frac·tures

v.   tr.

    1. To cause to break: The impact fractured a bone.

    2. To undergo a break in (a bone): He fractured his ankle in the fall.

  2. To disrupt or destroy as if by breaking: fractured the delicate balance of power.

  3. To abuse or misuse flagrantly, as by violating rules: ignorant writers who fracture the language.

  4. Slang To cause to laugh heartily: "Jack Benny fractured audiences . . . for more than 50 years" (Newsweek).

v.   intr.
To undergo a fracture. See Synonyms at break.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin frāctūra, from frāctus, past participle of frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
fracture

  1. tv.
    to cause someone to laugh very hard. : Now, this joke'll fracture you.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

fracture  (n.)
1525, "a breaking of a bone," from M.Fr. fracture, from L. fractura "a breach, break, cleft" (1502), from root of frangere "to break" (see fraction). The verb is first recorded 1612.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1frac·ture
Pronunciation: 'frak-ch&r, -sh&r
Function: noun
1 : the act or process of breaking or the state ofbeing broken; specifically : the breaking of hard tissue (as bone) —see POTT'S FRACTURE
2 : the rupture (as by tearing) of soft tissue fracture>

Main Entry: 2fracture
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: frac·tured; frac·tur·ing /-ch&-ri[ng], -shri[ng]/
1 : to cause a fracture in <fracture a rib>
2 : to cause a rupture or tear in fractured a kidney>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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fracture frac·ture (frāk'chər)
n.

  1. The act or process of breaking.

  2. A break, rupture, or crack, especially in bone or cartilage.

v.
To cause to break.

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