The Clue
Breaks we don't like to get (9 letter answer)
The Answer
FRACTURES
Tags
Notes
The answer FRACTURES is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
FRACTURE as a noun:
1. (fracture, break) = breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
2. (fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break) = (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"
3. (fracture, crack, cracking) = the act of cracking something
FRACTURE as a verb:
1. violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language"
2. interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power"
3. break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"
4. become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
5. break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"
6. (fracture, break) = fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"