[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.Compare comminuted fracture comminuted fracture, complete fracture complete fracture, compound fracture compound fracture, greenstick fracture greenstick fracture, simple fracture simple fracture.", "the act of breaking; state of being broken.", "a break, breach, or split.", "the characteristic manner of breaking:a material of unpredictable fracture.", "the characteristic appearance of a broken surface, as of a mineral."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to cause or to suffer a fracture in (a bone, etc.).", "to break or crack.Synonyms: split , rupture , splinter , shatter , smash", "Slang.to amuse highly or cause to laugh heartily; delight:The new comic really fractured the audience."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to become fractured; break:a mineral that does not fracture easily."]}]