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the act of cracking something
(noun) fault, faulting, geological fault, break, shift
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
they built it right over a geological fault; he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
(noun) break
breaking of hard tissue such as bone
it was a nasty fracture; the break seems to have been caused by a fall
(verb) break
fracture a bone of
I broke my foot while playing hockey