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   fracture

   /ˈfraktʃə/

   noun

   • 1. the cracking or breaking of a hard object or material: "ground movements could cause fracture of the pipe" Similar breakingbreakagecrackingcleavageruptureshatteringfragmentationsplinteringsplittingseparationburstingdisintegration
   • ▪ a crack or break in a hard object or material, typically a bone or a rock stratum: "a fracture of the left leg" Similar breakbreakagecracksplitcracksplitfissurecrevicebreakrupturebreachriftcleftslitchinkgapcrannyintersticeopeningaperturerentcrazing
   • ▪ the physical appearance of a freshly broken rock or mineral, especially as regards the shape of the surface formed: "obsidian shows a conchoidal fracture"
   • 2. the replacement of a simple vowel by a diphthong owing to the influence of a following sound, typically a consonant.
   • ▪ a diphthong substituted by fracture.

   verb

   • 1. break or cause to break: "the stone has fractured"
   • ▪ sustain a fracture of (a bone): "he fractured his skull when he was a kid"
   • ▪ (with reference to a group or organization) split or fragment and become unable to function or exist: "the movement had fractured without his leadership"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French, or from Latin fractura, from frangere ‘to break’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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