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The synonyms of “Fracture” are: break, fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, crack, cracking, breaking, breakage, cleavage, rupture, shattering, fragmentation, splintering, splitting, separation, bursting, disintegration, split, fissure, crevice, breach, rift, cleft, slit, chink, gap, cranny, interstice, opening, aperture, rent, snap, cleave, shatter, smash, smash to smithereens, fragment, splinter, separate, burst, blow out, break apart, come apart
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fracture” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| aperture | A device that controls amount of light admitted. The genital aperture of an insect. |
| breach | A gap in a wall, barrier, or defence, especially one made by an attacking army. A widening breach between government and Church. |
| break | The occurrence of breaking. The track bends left through a break in the hedge. |
| breakage | The action of breaking something, or the fact of being broken. The total breakage was huge. |
| breaking | The act of breaking something. |
| bursting | The act of exploding or bursting. |
| cleavage | The act of cleaving or splitting. All the cells divide synchronously for the first 12 cleavages. |
| cleft | A split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin. |
| cracking | The act of cracking something. He heard the cracking of the ice. |
| cranny | A long narrow depression in a surface. Bugs and spiders conceal themselves in crannies of the bark. |
| crevice | A long narrow depression in a surface. Many creatures hide in crevices in the rock. |
| disintegration | The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation. The twin problems of economic failure and social disintegration. |
| fault | An unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person’s character. My worst fault is impatience. |
| faulting | A crack in the earth’s crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other. A complex pattern of faulting. |
| fissure | A long narrow opening. A fissure between philosophy and reality. |
| fragmentation | Separating something into fine particles. Fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file. |
| gap | A narrow opening. There was a gap in his account. |
| geological fault | A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention. |
| interstice | An intervening space, especially a very small one. The interstices of a network. |
| opening | The act of opening something. There are few openings for the ex footballer. |
| rent | A sum paid for the hire of equipment. I cannot even afford to pay the rent on this flat. |
| rift | A major fault separating blocks of the earth s surface a rift valley. The rift between the two branches of the legal profession. |
| rupture | A breach of a harmonious relationship. The rupture with his father would never be healed. |
| separation | The extraction or removal of a specified substance for use or rejection. Prose structured into short sentences with meaningful separation into paragraphs. |
| shattering | The act of breaking something into small pieces. |
| shift | The group of people who work during a particular shift. The bus was still waiting there when the day shift went home. |
| slit | A long narrow opening. Arrow slits. |
| splintering | A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal. |
| split | The act of rending or ripping or splitting something. I could never do the splits before. |
| splitting | The action of dividing or being divided into parts. The splitting of water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen is critical. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fracture” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| blow out | Sound by having air expelled through a tube. |
| break | Do a break dance. I was acting as referee and telling them to break. |
| break apart | Come into being. |
| burst | Burst outward usually with noise. The swollen river was expected to burst its banks. |
| cleave | Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation. The large axe his father used to cleave wood for the fire. |
| come apart | Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example. |
| fissure | Break into fissures or fine cracks. The dry years had cracked and fissured the cliffs. |
| fragment | Break or cause to break into fragments. Lough Erne fragmented into a series of lakes. |
| rupture | Suffer an abdominal hernia. Once trust and confidence has been ruptured it can be difficult to regain. |
| separate | Separate into parts or portions. His position separates him from those who might share his interests. |
| shatter | Break into many pieces. Everyone was shattered by the news. |
| smash | Break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow. A deliberate attempt to smash the union movement. |
| smash to smithereens | Overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful. |
| snap | Put in play with a snap. Guitar strings kept snapping. |
| splinter | Break up into splinters or slivers. The party had begun to splinter into factions. |
| split | Divide and share (something, especially resources or responsibilities. Splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen. |
| apportion | Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose. Voting power will be apportioned according to contribution. |
| chest | Propel the ball by means of one s chest. A 42 inch chest. |
| cleavage | The hollow between a woman’s breasts when supported, especially as exposed by a low-cut garment. There was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members. |
| cleave | Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation. The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock. |
| dichotomy | Being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses. The dichotomy between eastern and western culture. |
| dislocate | Move from its proper place or position. He dislocated his shoulder in training. |
| dissect | Cut open or cut apart. An animal s eye can be easily dissected. |
| division | A group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category. A growing sense of division between north and south. |
| elbow | Shove one s elbow into another person s ribs. I darned the elbows of my corduroy jacket. |
| fissure | Break into fissures or fine cracks. The dry years had cracked and fissured the cliffs. |
| kneecap | Shoot in the kneecap often done by terrorist groups as a warning. They kneecapped the industrialist. |
| ligament | A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs. |
| moiety | One of two (approximately) equal parts. The enzyme removes the sulphate moiety. |
| part | The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music. She was memorizing a part. |
| partition | The act of dividing or partitioning separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart. An agreement was reached to partition the country. |
| piece | Assemble something from parts or pieces. It is not known who created this piece. |
| portion | Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you. Burger joints offering huge portions. |
| rive | (of wood or stone) split or crack. He was riven with guilt. |
| rupture | A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions. The patient died after rupture of an aneurysm. |
| schism | The formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences. The persistence of this group could produce schism within society. |
| scission | The act of dividing by cutting or splitting. A scission arose between the socialists and those further to the left. |
| section | Divide into sections. A graduate student taught sections for the professor s lecture course. |
| segment | Divide into segments. The unemployed are segmented into two groups. |
| segmentation | The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart. Segmentation of myocardial cells. |
| segregation | The act of segregating or sequestering. An official policy of racial segregation. |
| separated | Separated at the joint. His parents are separated. |
| separation | Coming apart. The separation of wheat from chaff. |
| split | A bun roll or cake that is split or cut in half. The party was deeply split over its future direction. |
| sunder | Split apart. A universe sundered ages ago in a divine war. |
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