rupture Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun state of being torn or burst open
  2. noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
    rift; severance; falling out; break; breach.
    • they hoped to avoid a break in relations
  3. noun the act of making a sudden noisy break
  4. verb separate or cause to separate abruptly
    tear; snap; bust.
    • The rope snapped
    • tear the paper

WordNet

Rup"ture noun
Etymology
L. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum to break: cf. F. rupture. See Reave, and cf. Rout a defeat.
Definitions
  1. The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring. Arbuthnot.
    Hatch from the egg, that soon, Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. Milton.
  2. Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
    He knew that policy would desincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family. E. Everett.
  3. (Med.) Hernia. See Hernia.
  4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion. Syn. -- Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution. See Fracture.
Rup"ture transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Ruptured ; present participle & verbal noun Rupturing
Definitions
  1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
  2. To produce a hernia in.
Rup"ture intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To suffer a breach or disruption.

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