fractured skull

collocation in English

meaningsoffractureandskull

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fracture
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfræk.tʃər/us
/ˈfræk.tʃɚ/
a break or crack in something hard, especially ...
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skull
noun[C]
uk
/skʌl/us
/skʌl/
the bones of the head that surround the brain and give the head ...
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(Definition offractureandskullfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He fell from a building and died of afracturedskull.
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Instead of suffering afracturedskullor worse they have a bruised skull, a bit of concussion and a smashed up helmet.
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Serious accidents are those in which there is the loss of a limb or an eye or afracturedskull, which often results in death.
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Among the 37 cases applying for public assistance there were 17 silicosis cases, two cases offracturedskulland four of nystagmus.
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The prison officer was struck on the head and is in hospital with a suspectedfracturedskull.
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This prison officer was struck on the head, and is in hospital with a suspectedfracturedskull.
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A little boy would at best have been concussed, at worst received afracturedskull.
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As a result, he suffered afracturedskull, grave injuries to his face and severe concussion.
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The soldier was taken to hospital and died there as the result of afracturedskull.
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In the most serious of these fights one man received afracturedskull.
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He suffered a broken spinal cord and afracturedskull, and he will be a lifelong paraplegic.
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Even so, a number of police officers were injured and one constable suffered afracturedskull.
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I regret that one has afracturedskull, but is not on the danger list.
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Our son, also doing security work, was thrown down some stairs, sustained a head wound, a suspectedfracturedskulland a wrenched shoulder.
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It is a fact that if a young man is involved in a motorcycle accident and sustains afracturedskull, he is taken into hospital.
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Death was due to afracturedskull.
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