Frac·ture

 

a.The act or process of breaking.

 

b. The condition of having been broken or ruptured.

 

c. A break, rupture, or crack

 

d. A crack or fault.

 

e.To disrupt or destroy as if by breaking: fractured the delicate balance of power.

 

f. To abuse or misuse flagrantly, as by violating rules