Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fracture
nounfracturing (plural fracturings)
plural fracturings
- The act by which something is fractured.
In her own view, she was most likely predisposed neurophysiologically to schizophrenia in such a way that her psyche could not tolerate the fracturings that others weathered while maintaining a functioning life.
2013, Mary Elene Wood, Life Writing and Schizophrenia, page 277
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