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rup·ture

Audio Help [ruhp-cher] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -tured, -tur·ing.

–noun

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

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

3.	a breach of harmonious, friendly, or peaceful relations.

4.	Pathology. hernia, esp. abdominal hernia.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to break or burst: He ruptured a blood vessel.

6.	to cause a breach of: to rupture friendly relations.

7.	Pathology. to affect with hernia.

–verb (used without object)

8.	to suffer a break or rupture.

[Origin: 1475–85; < L ruptūra (n.), equiv. to rupt(us) (ptp. of rumpere to break) + -ūra -ure

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—Related forms

rup·tur·a·ble, adjective

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

—Antonyms 2. seam, union. 5. unite.

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rup·ture Audio Help (rŭp'chər) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The process or instance of breaking open or bursting.
2. The state of being broken open.
3. A hernia, especially of the groin or intestines.
4. A tear in an organ or a tissue: rupture of an appendix; ligament rupture.
A break in friendly relations.
Pathology
1. A hernia, especially of the groin or intestines.
2. A tear in an organ or a tissue: rupture of an appendix; ligament rupture.

v.   rup·tured, rup·tur·ing, rup·tures

v.   tr.
To break open; burst.

v.   intr.
To undergo or suffer a rupture.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ruptūra, from ruptus, past participle of rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

rup'tur·a·ble adj.

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