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Rupture

[ruhp-cher]

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noun

the act of breaking or bursting: The flood led to the rupture of the dam.

the state of being broken or burst: a rupture in the earth's surface.

a breach of harmonious, friendly, or peaceful relations.

Pathology. hernia, especially abdominal hernia.

verb (used with object)

to break or burst: He ruptured a blood vessel.

to cause a breach of: to rupture friendly relations.

Pathology. to affect with hernia.

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verb (used without object)

to suffer a break or rupture.

Origin:
1475–85; < Latin ruptūra (noun), equivalent to rupt(us) (past participle of rumpere to break) + -ūra -ure

Related forms

rup·tur·a·ble, adjective

non·rup·tur·a·ble, adjective

non·rup·ture, noun

un·rup·tur·a·ble, adjective

un·rup·tured, adjective

Can be confused: rapture, rupture.

Synonyms
2. fracture, break, split, burst. 5. fracture, split, disrupt.

Antonyms
2. seam, union. 5. unite.

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Example Sentences

As the pressure increases, the eardrum may break open or rupture.

At this point, because the tumor is so large, the skin covering it is stretched quite thin and will soon rupture.

Critics say this might disturb the toxic sediment lying on the lake bottom, while ice scouring might rupture the pipe.

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As the pressure increases, the eardrum may break open or rupture.

At this point, because the tumor is so large, the skin covering it is stretched quite thin and will soon rupture.

Critics say this might disturb the toxic sediment lying on the lake bottom, while ice scouring might rupture the pipe.

Without it, their cells will rupture and cause bloating and death.

There have been more than one pipeline rupture because of improper control algorithms.

Brick paving laid in geometric patterns is interplanted with ajuga and rupture wort.

Any attempt to do this would rupture the space-time continuum and release eldritch forces beyond anyone's control.

Examination showed that she had struck her head with such force as to rupture the optic nerve.

The increasing accessibility of ideas is more of a progression than a rupture.

If a pattern of such decisions were to emerge, it would mark a real rupture in the western alliance.

Batteries should not be stored in elevated temperatures as this can lead to capacity loss, leakage or rupture.

Any little earthquake, or even random drilling, will rupture the repository and release the gas.

Ordinarily, ice crystals rupture the cells of a frozen tissue sample, leaving nothing but freezer-burned goo.

Rupture of the pseudocyst is an emergency situation.

They could refuse to light up for no apparent reason, because of some infinitesimal rupture in the filament.

The sailors were largely protected by the vessel's reinforced inner hull, which did not rupture.

Investigations pointed to a rupture in the probe's propellant fuel line, which caused an explosion.

Pregnancy is often linked to the formation and rupture of splenic artery aneurysms.

The social rupture in many societies calls for a new social contract.

What scientists can do right now is make good maps of fault zones and figure out which ones are probably due for a rupture.

In a system that relies on a rupture disk, a valve left in the open position would also be installed.

The low pressure can rupture bats' tiny lungs and hearts.

The physical examination is often normal unless a rupture or leak has occurred.

Depending on their size and previous history of bleeding, they carry some risk of rupture.

In some forms of the condition this can include rupture of internal organs or abnormal heart valves.

Regardless of your views of cryonics, current techniques prevent the water rupture problem.

Overheating caused the zirconium tubes where the nuclear fuel pellets were stored to rupture and the pellets began to melt.

But dying bacteria rupture and release a little of the phosphate back into the wastewater, potentially leading to struvites.

But one in particular is poised to rupture sooner than later.

The immediate cause of death was the rupture of an aneurism.

Eventually this disconnect will be resolved or it will rupture.

We know that these faults will rupture at some point in the future, and people need to be aware of that.

But the students found a fresh rupture in the morning ritual: the sight of teachers chanting and picketing in front of school.

They argued that the cause might be stresses set up by the earthquake rupture that act to decompress a magma chamber.

There is no treatment needed for the disorder unless red blood cells rupture.

The cause was the rupture of a blood vessel in the pancreas, according to a statement from the chamber group.

The bottles have no necks, because a neck causes the freezing liquid to push downward and rupture the bottom.

Unless removed or discharged, its development can rupture the tube, often resulting in the woman's death.

The cause was a recurrent rupture of his thoracic aorta, his family said.

But the story is, notwithstanding a surprising rupture midway through, nothing if not simple.

But they missed that an abdominal rupture was causing him to bleed to death.

So far, there is no sure way to locate which plaques are about to rupture.

The family rupture took place this summer, according to the.

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World English Dictionary

rupture (ˈrʌptʃə)

—n
1.	the act of breaking or bursting or the state of being broken or burst
2.	a breach of peaceful or friendly relations
3.	pathol
	a. the breaking or tearing of a bodily structure or part
	b. another word for hernia

—vb
4.	to break or burst or cause to break or burst
5.	to affect or be affected with a rupture or hernia
6.	to undergo or cause to undergo a breach in relations or friendship

[C15: from Latin ruptūra a breaking, from rumpere to burst forth; see erupt]

'rupturable

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

rupture

1481, from L. ruptura "the breaking (of an arm or leg), fracture," from pp. stem of rumpere "to break," cognate with O.E. reafian "to seize, rob, plunder," reofan "to tear, break;" O.N. rjufa "to break;" see reft). Meaning "abdominal hernia" first attested 1539. The verb is first recorded 1739.

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Medical Dictionary

rupture rup·ture (rŭp'chər)
n.

The process of breaking open or bursting.
A hernia, especially of the groin or intestines.
A tear in an organ or a tissue.

v. rup·tured, rup·tur·ing, rup·tures
To break open; burst.

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