fractures

Noun

• breaking of hard tissue such as bone
• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
• the act of cracking something
• plural of fracture

Verb

• violate or abuse
  • "This writer really fractures the language"
• interrupt, break, or destroy
• break into pieces
• become fractured
• break (a bone)
• fracture a bone of
• third-person singular simple present indicative of fracture

Synonyms

break, crack, cracking, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift