fracturing

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fracturing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fracture \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.
     [1913 Webster] frenulum