fracture

About 13.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
2. noun A break in bone or cartilage.
3. noun A fault or crack in a rock.
4. verb To break, or cause something to break.
5. verb To amuse (a person) greatly; to split someone's sides.

Similar words

break crack fault cracking fault line geological fault broken breakage breach breaking

Often followed by

of is toughness and in mechanics or surface site

Word family

fractured fractures fracturing