Definitions

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  • transitive verb obsolete To break; to violate.

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  • verb obsolete To break; to violate.

Etymologies

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Latin fractus, past participle of frangere to break.

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Examples

  • At a press conference on October 1, 2009 I was joined by a coalition of elected officials and advocates, to announce the launch of Kill the Drill, a campaign to voice opposition to any hydraulic fract ...

    Scott Stringer: Join the Kill the Drill Campaign 2009

  • At a press conference on October 1, 2009 I was joined by a coalition of elected officials and advocates, to announce the launch of Kill the Drill, a campaign to voice opposition to any hydraulic fract ...

    Scott Stringer: Join the Kill the Drill Campaign 2009

  • Is there any link between reflect and refract, -flect and -fract, fle and fra, le and ra?

    Etymology of Indian word-roots Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

  • And he was among a breed of CEOs who understood that it is unseemly to fract the company's coffers for personal riches, thus sowing resentment down on the line.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Paul Kleyman 2012

  • And it ties directly into our fractionation facilities and as well, it will tie into the Targa fract.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • Our view on the supply is so bullish that we don't have any concern that we won't have that fract full by the time it starts up.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • I'm getting the hang of doing these now and you guys know the deal: Here's this weeks guests, their photo, the best of their wikipedia page, and a fract.

    No Fact Zone 2009

  • • tinuit, ac Parifiis reportavit an. - i 239; au - äore Galtiro Comuto, Archiepifcopo Se* nonenfi j ex MS. exempl Puteanorum fract» p. 407. 15.

    Bibliotheca historica. A.I.G. Meuselio ita digesta ut pæne novum opus videri possit 1793

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  • A freedom fact. (Stephen Colbert)

    October 30, 2008