Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.