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fractured
adjective(frac-tured)having a crack or break : having suffered a fracture
fractured
adjective(frac-tured)damaged or destroyed in a sudden or violent way
fractured
adjective(frac-tured)imperfectly spoken or written : broken
fractured
verb(frac-tured)to cause a crack or fracture in : break
fractured
verb(frac-tured)rupture, tear
fractured
verb(frac-tured)to damage or destroy as if by rupturing
fractured
noun(frac-tured)preparation of a specimen (as of biological tissue) for electron microscopic examination by rapid freezing, fracturing along natural structural lines, and preparing a replica of the exposed structural details (as by simultaneous vapor deposition of carbon and platinum)
fractured
noun(frac-tured)the product of or replica prepared by freeze fracture