When a bone is broken in more than two places or gets crushed, the name for it is a comminuted fracture.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Plant expert Doug Welsh says when you prune a rosebush, crape myrtle or shade tree, first remove dead, broken or diseased parts.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Still,broken bones should be treated quickly because they can restrict blood flow or cause nerve damage.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

What about John Worster, the Catholic priest? "I make a New Year's resolution every year and usually by the third or fourth of January it's already been broken,so.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

Shin makes art from broken umbrellas, old clothing or computer parts.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

Historian and naval officer Samuel Eliot Morison described the fighting this way in his book "The Struggle for Guadalcanal": "For us who were there, or whose friends were there, Guadalcanal is not a name but an emotion, recalling desperate fights in the air, furious night naval battles, frantic work at supply or construction, savage fighting in the sodden jungle, nights broken by screaming bombs and deafening explosions of naval shells."

VOA: special.2011.06.23

"They are all hurtling around in space at 36,000 kilometers per hour and so even a 1mm piece of space junk can destroy or damage a satellite because it all comes from either dead satellites, satellites which have broken up, satellites which had fuel left in them and exploded."

VOA: standard.2010.07.24