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Webster 1913 Edition
Rupture
Rup′ture
(?; 135)
, Noun.
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 lutestringArbuthnot.
Hatch from the egg, that soon,
Bursting with kindly
Their callow young.
Bursting with kindly
rupture
, forth disclosedTheir 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.
Rup′ture
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ruptured
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rupturing
.] 1.
To part by violence; to break; to burst;
as, to
. rupture
a blood vessel2.
To produce a hernia in.
Rup′ture
,Verb.
I.
To suffer a breach or disruption.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rupture
RUP'TURE
,Noun.
1.
The act of breaking or bursting; the state of being broken or violently parted; as the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber.2.
Hernia; a preternatural protrusion of the contents of the abdomen.3.
Breach of peace or concord, either between individuals or nations; between nations, open hostility or war. We say, the parties or nations have come to an open rupture.He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.
RUP'TURE
,Verb.
T.
RUP'TURE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
rupture
rupture
English
Noun
rupture (plural ruptures)
- A burst, split, or break.
- Milton
- Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed / Their callow young.
- Milton
- A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
- E. Everett
- He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.
- E. Everett
- (medicine) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
- (engineering) A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.
Translations
burst or split
social break
failure mode
Verb
rupture (third-person singular simple present ruptures, present participle rupturing, simple past and past participle ruptured)
Translations
to burst, break through, or split, as under pressure
