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Synonyms of fracture in English:

fracture


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noun

1‘fracture will probably occur at the stress point’

SYNONYMS
breaking, breakage, cracking, cleavage, rupture, shattering, fragmentation, splintering, splitting, separation, bursting, disintegration

2‘she sustained two fractures to her leg’

SYNONYMS
break, breakage, crack, split

3‘crystals grow in the pores of the rock, causing tiny fractures’

SYNONYMS
crack, split, fissure, crevice, break, rupture, breach, rift, cleft, slit, chink, gap, cranny, interstice, opening, aperture, rent
crazing

verb

1‘she had fallen and fractured her skull’

SYNONYMS
break, snap, crack, cleave, rupture, shatter, smash, smash to smithereens, fragment, splinter, split, separate, burst, blow out
sever, divide, tear, rend
disintegrate, fall to bits, fall to pieces
informal bust
rare shiver