Fracture definition

(1) The act of cracking something

(2) (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"

"He studied the faulting of the earth's crust"

(3) Breaking of hard tissue such as bone

"It was a nasty fracture"

"The break seems to have been caused by a fall"

(4) Fracture a bone of

"I broke my foot while playing hockey"

(5) Break (a bone)

"She broke her clavicle"

(6) Become fractured

"The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"

(7) Violate or abuse

"This writer really fractures the language"

(8) Interrupt, break, or destroy

"Fracture the balance of power"