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Rupture

Rupture (rupture)
n.(?; 135)
Rup"ture
[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. 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

Rupture (rupture)
v. t.
Rup"ture
  1. To part by violence] to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
  2. To produce a hernia in.

Rupture

Rupture (rupture)
v. i.
Rup"ture
  1. To suffer a breach or disruption.












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