fracture :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"

v. break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"

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v. cause to break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"

v. force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"

v. break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"

rip

v. move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast"

v. withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"

v. interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns"

v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

v. break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"

v. to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"

v. make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

v. make a weak, chirping sound; "the small bird was tweeting in the tree"

v. take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"

v. succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"

v. seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

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