All 3 Uses of
fracture
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Deeds of violence, brutalities, contusions, fractures; this is the work of the revolutions from Luther to Mirabeau.†
Chpt 1.3.1 *
- "The devil!" went on the soldier, flattered by the provost's praise, "these fractures of the iron are perfectly fresh."†
Chpt 2.11.1
- Moreover, there was no fracture of the vertebrae at the nape of the neck, and it was evident that he had not been hanged.†
Chpt 2.11.4
Definition:
a crack (or break) of a hard object -- such as bone or rock; or the act of cracking or breaking