| crippled | | |
| adj. | 1. crippled, game, gimpy, halt, halting, lame | disabled in the feet or legs.; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" |
| ~ unfit | not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition.; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service" |
| fracture | | |
| n. (state) | 1. break, fracture | breaking of hard tissue such as bone.; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" |
| ~ harm, hurt, injury, trauma | any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.. |
| ~ comminuted fracture | fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed. |
| ~ complete fracture | break involving the entire width of the bone. |
| ~ compound fracture, open fracture | bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound. |
| ~ compression fracture | fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae). |
| ~ depressed fracture | fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in. |
| ~ displaced fracture | fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another. |
| ~ fatigue fracture, stress fracture | fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury. |
| ~ capillary fracture, hairline fracture | a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin. |
| ~ incomplete fracture | fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone. |
| ~ impacted fracture | fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end. |
| ~ closed fracture, simple fracture | an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin. |
| n. (object) | 2. break, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, 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" |
| ~ geology | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks. |
| ~ fault line | (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface. |
| ~ crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure | a long narrow opening. |
| ~ denali fault | a major open geological fault in Alaska. |
| ~ inclined fault | a geological fault in which one side is above the other. |
| ~ san andreas fault | a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes. |
| ~ strike-slip fault | a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally. |
| n. (act) | 3. crack, cracking, fracture | the act of cracking something. |
| ~ breaking, breakage, break | the act of breaking something.; "the breakage was unavoidable" |
| v. (change) | 4. fracture | violate or abuse.; "This writer really fractures the language" |
| ~ abuse, misuse, pervert | change the inherent purpose or function of something.; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers" |
| v. (creation) | 5. fracture | interrupt, break, or destroy.; "fracture the balance of power" |
| ~ destroy, destruct | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of.; "The fire destroyed the house" |
| v. (change) | 6. fracture | break into pieces.; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle" |
| ~ break | destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments.; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" |
| v. (body) | 7. fracture | become fractured.; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" |
| ~ fracture | break (a bone).; "She broke her clavicle" |
| ~ break off, discontinue, stop, break | prevent completion.; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" |
| v. (body) | 8. fracture | break (a bone).; "She broke her clavicle" |
| ~ fracture, break | fracture a bone of.; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" |
| ~ refracture | break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way.; "The surgeon had to refracture her wrist" |
| ~ fracture | become fractured.; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" |
| v. (body) | 9. break, fracture | fracture a bone of.; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" |
| ~ injure, wound | cause injuries or bodily harm to. |
| ~ fracture | break (a bone).; "She broke her clavicle" |
| cripple | | |
| n. (person) | 1. cripple | someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back. |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ crookback, humpback, hunchback | a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine. |
| v. (change) | 2. cripple, stultify | deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless.; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work" |
| ~ weaken | lessen the strength of.; "The fever weakened his body" |
| v. (body) | 3. cripple, lame | deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg.; "The accident has crippled her for life" |
| ~ maim | injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.; "people were maimed by the explosion" |
| ~ hamstring | cripple by cutting the hamstring. |
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