VERB | change | fracture | violate or abuse |
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creation | fracture | interrupt, break / break, or destroy | |
change | fracture | break into pieces | |
body | fracture | become fractured / fractured | |
body | fracture | break (a bone) | |
body | fracture, break | fracture a bone of | |
NOUN | state | fracture, break | breaking of hard tissue such as bone |
object | fracture, fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, break | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | |
act | fracture, crack, cracking | the act of cracking something |
Sounds | frae'kcher; frae'ksher | |
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Rhymes | acupuncture ... welcher: 102 rhymes with cher... | |
Ashur ... Yorkshire: 36 rhymes with sher... |
Meaning | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other. | |
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Synonyms | fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, break | |
Category | geology | A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks / rocks |
Instances | Denali Fault | A major open geological fault in Alaska |
San Andreas Fault | A major geological fault in California | |
Parts | fault line | (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface |
Narrower | inclined fault | A geological fault in which one side is above the other |
strike-slip fault | A geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally | |
Broader | crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure | A long narrow opening |
Spanish | falla, fisura, fractura | |
Catalan | falla, fractura | |
Verbs | fracture | break into pieces |
Meaning | The act of cracking something. | |
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Synonyms | crack, cracking | |
Broader | breakage, break, breaking | The act of breaking something |
Spanish | fractura, quebrantadura, rotura | |
Catalan | esquerda, fractura | |
Verbs | fracture | fracture a bone of |
fracture | break (a bone) | |
fracture | break into pieces |
Meaning | violate or abuse. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "This writer really fractures the language" | |
Broader | pervert, misuse, abuse | change the inherent purpose or function of something |
Spanish | fracturar, quebrar |
Meaning | interrupt, break / break, or destroy. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "fracture the balance of power" | |
Broader | destroy, destruct | Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
Meaning | break into pieces. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Model | The girls fracture the wooden sticks; These glasses fracture easily | |
Example | "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle" | |
Broader | break | Destroy the integrity of |
Spanish | fracturar | |
Catalan | fracturar | |
Nouns | fracture | the act of cracking something |
fracture | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | |
fracture | breaking of hard tissue such as bone |
Meaning | Become fractured / fractured. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Model | The wooden sticks fracture | |
Example | "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" | |
Broader | break, break off, discontinue, stop | prevent completion |
Similar to | fracture | break (a bone) |
Spanish | fracturar | |
Catalan | fracturar | |
Nouns | fracture | breaking of hard tissue such as bone |
Meaning | break (a bone). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Narrower | refracture | break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way |
Similar to | fracture, break | fracture a bone of |
fracture | Become fractured / fractured | |
Spanish | fracturar, romper | |
Catalan | fracturar, trencar | |
Nouns | fracture | the act of cracking something |
fracture | breaking of hard tissue such as bone |
Meaning | fracture a bone of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | Did he fracture his foot? | |
Synonym | break | |
Broader | injure, wound | Cause injuries or bodily harm to |
Similar to | fracture | break (a bone) |
Spanish | fracturar | |
Catalan | fracturar | |
Nouns | fracture | the act of cracking something |
fracture | breaking of hard tissue such as bone |
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