Dictionary entry

Fracture (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Frac″ture (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fractured (#; 135); p. pr. & vb. n.. Fracturing.] [Cf. F. fracturer.] To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.