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plural fractures
An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken. examples
(medicine) A break in bone or cartilage. examples
(geology) A fault or crack in a rock.
third-person singular simple present fractures, present participle fracturing, simple past and past participle fractured
(transitive, intransitive) To break, or cause something to break. examples
(transitive, slang) To amuse (a person) greatly; to split someone's sides. quotations
“You fracture me, Frankie,” Patsy said. “You should take that act on the road. Howsabout now?” This is the way it would go whenever I showed up at Patsy's, a dual of digs and wisecracks with the disapproving groans of those within earshot.
2013, Frank De Blase, Pine Box for a Pin-Up