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Definition of fracturing : of Fracture

Synonyms:

distorting, blotting, deforming, dotting, discoloring, splotching, scuffing, blistering, staining, specking, disfiguring, tainting, spoiling, scraping, hacking, checking, nicking, spotting, tarnishing, abrading, cracking, hurting, flawing, scoring, notching, flecking, gashing, chipping, marking, defacing, damaging, kinking, slitting, scratching, marring, blemishing, freckling, scarring, defecting

decaying, breaking, dissecting, degenerating, mortifying, dissolving, shattering, putrefying, crumbling, decomposing, rotting, turning, anatomizing, disintegrating, rupturing

Usage examples:

• It is preferable to dehorning shears, as there is danger of fracturing the frontal bone when removing the horns of mature cattle. - "Common Diseases of Farm Animals", R. A. Craig, D. V. M..
• Attempts to break these down are attended with considerable risk of re- fracturing the bone or of tearing the soft parts. - "Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.", Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson.
• There is little or no displacement, and such as there is is angular, and is determined by the direction of the fracturing force. - "Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.", Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson.