noun

1. a breaking or being broken
2. a break, crack, or split
3. a break in a body part, esp. in a bone, or a tear in a cartilage
4. the texture, shape, etc. of the broken surface of a mineral as distinct from when it breaks along its cleavage plane conchoidal fracture

Etymology: ME < OFr < L fractura, a breaking, breach, cleft < pp. of frangere, break

transitive verb, intransitive verb fractured -·tured, fracturing -·tur·ing

1. to break, crack, or split
2. to break up; disrupt