fracture - noun

breaking of hard tissue such as bone

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

the act of cracking something

fracture - verb

• violate or abuse
• interrupt, break, or destroy
• break into pieces
• become fractured
• break (a bone)
• fracture a bone of

fracture - thesaurus

break   crack   cracking   fault   faulting   shift