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āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Fracture
01
āĻāĻā§āĻ, āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ˛
a crack or break in a bone or other hard substance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Fractures can occur due to trauma, such as falls, sports injuries, or car accidents, as well as from overuse or weakened bones.
āĻĢā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻž, āĻ¯ā§āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
the act or process of cracking, breaking, or splitting something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Temperature changes can lead to fractures in concrete.
03
a crack or break in the Earth's crust where one side has shifted relative to the other
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Geologists studied the fracture patterns in the rock formation.
to fracture
01
āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to cause the bone to break
Transitive: to fracture a bone
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In sports, a severe collision may fracture a player's bone, requiring medical attention.
āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻˇ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āĻ¸āĻž āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨āĨ¤
02
to break physically into pieces, often suddenly or violently
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The vase fractured into several sharp pieces.
03
to break or undermine a rule, trust, or agreement
Transitive: to fracture a rule or trust
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Sharing the secret would fracture the agreement between partners.
04
āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to sustain a break or crack in a bone
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His ankle fractured while he was jogging in the park.
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05
āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to cause a crack or break in an object
Transitive: to fracture sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He accidentally fractured the window with a misplaced throw of the baseball.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŦāĻļāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛āĻž āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
06
āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to disrupt and create a state of chaos or disarray
Transitive: to fracture a system or situation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The sudden resignation of the CEO fractured the company's leadership structure.
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