fracture, n.
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the act of cracking something
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crack cracking fracture
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(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
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break fault faulting fracture geological fault shift
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"they built it right over a geological fault""he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
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breaking of hard tissue such as bone
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break fracture
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"it was a nasty fracture""the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
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