rupture

[Rup·ture]

A rupture is a break or tear in something that pulls it apart. A rupture can be a literal break, like the one that happens in, say, a gas line, or it can be more figurative, as in a friendship or a business deal.

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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.

Noun
the act of making a sudden noisy break

Noun
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"

Noun
state of being torn or burst open

Verb
separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"

n.
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.

n.
Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.

n.
Hernia. See Hernia.

n.
A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.

v. t.
To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.

v. t.
To produce a hernia in.

v. i.
To suffer a breach or disruption.

Rupture

Rup"ture , 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 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.

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.

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.

Rupture

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.

Rupture

Rup"ture, v. i. To suffer a breach or disruption.

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.

To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.

To suffer a breach or disruption.

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Usage Examples

When I was campaigning, I told the people if nothing happens under my mandate it will still be a positive thing because my mandate will be used as a rupture between the past and the future.

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