About The Word Rupture
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Rupture
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What's The Definition Of Rupture?
[n] the act of making a sudden noisy break
[n] a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" [n] state of being torn or burst open [v] separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" Synonyms | Synonyms for Rupture: breach | break | bust | falling out | rift | severance | snap | tear Related Terms | Find terms related to Rupture: See Also | break | breakage | breaking | breakup | detachment | dismantle | disunite | divide | harm | hernia | herniated disc | herniation | hurt | injury | lacerate | level | pan | part | pull | pull down | rase | raze | rend | rip | rip up | rive | ruptured intervertebral disc | separate | separation | shred | slipped disc | take down | tear apart | tear down | tear up | trash | trauma Rupture In Webster's Dictionary \Rup"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum
to break: cf. F. rupture. See {Reave}, and cf. {Rout} a
defeat.]
1. The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of
being broken 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 disincline 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}.
{Modulus of rupture}. (Engin.) See under {Modulus}.
Syn: Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution.
See {Fracture}.
\Rup"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruptured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rupturing}.] 1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel. 2. To produce a hernia in. \Rup"ture\, v. i. To suffer a breach or disruption. |
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