rupture

[ ruhp-cher ]

/ ˈrʌp tʃər /

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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), rup·tured, rup·tur·ing.

to break or burst: He ruptured a blood vessel.

to cause a breach of: to rupture friendly relations.

Pathology. to affect with hernia.

verb (used without object), rup·tured, rup·tur·ing.

to suffer a break or rupture.

OTHER WORDS FOR rupture

2 fracture, break, split, burst.

5 fracture, split, disrupt.

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OPPOSITES FOR rupture

2 seam, union.

5 unite.

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Origin of rupture

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

OTHER WORDS FROM rupture

rup·tur·a·ble, adjectivenon·rup·tur·a·ble, adjectivenon·rup·ture, nounun·rup·tur·a·ble, adjective

un·rup·tured, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH rupture

rapture, rupture

Words nearby rupture

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How to use rupture in a sentence

He said crews were not sure what caused the main to rupture.
Part of 3rd Street Tunnel in D.C. reopens after water-main break, but repair work is expected to take days|Dana Hedgpeth|August 24, 2021|Washington Post
A widely known concept in studying family interactions, “rupture and repair,” describes the importance of the repair process after a negative interaction.
Yelled at your kids? Here’s why you should let go of that shame.|Emily Edlynn|May 13, 2021|Washington Post
When we feel shame, we are unable to engage in the “repair” step, which only leaves the rupture.
Yelled at your kids? Here’s why you should let go of that shame.|Emily Edlynn|May 13, 2021|Washington Post
The conversion of public subsidy into private profit feels like a rupture in the system—one that would be fixed, perhaps, if states controlled the fruits of their funding more.
In the push for new vaccines, taxpayers keep paying and paying|Samanth Subramanian|May 12, 2021|Quartz

Philip’s reported insistence on leaving his own mark may have led to a post-coronation rupture in their relationship.
The Queen’s Man: Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Dies|Howard Chua-Eoan|April 9, 2021|Time
Over the next eight years, the rupture would fissure across every state and territory in the Union.
The GOP’s Last Identity Crisis Remade U.S. Politics|Michael Wolraich|July 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A fragile and divided Lebanon risks rupture over the civil war raging next door in Syria.
PLO Official: Al-Qaeda To Target Lebanese Christians|Jamie Dettmer|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Are we living through a parallel period – an end of an era before a rupture?
The Final Shoot: How an English Country Novel Set in 1913 Explains 2013|Ilana Bet-El|November 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The second section, Rupture, represents the state between death and rebirth.
Mariko Mori Rebirth at the Japan Society|Justin Jones|October 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The exhibition is divided into three sections: origin, rupture, and rebirth.
Mariko Mori Rebirth at the Japan Society|Justin Jones|October 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Between South and North, the probabilities of a serious, and no very distant rupture, are strong and manifest.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
One of these is the liability to inguinal hernia, or rupture, which leads to much suffering and frequent death in man.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
It is remarkable that this was not against the composers wishes, even if he did nothing actually to cause the rupture.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
An address founded on these resolutions was voted; many thought that a violent rupture was inevitable.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
She was bound to him by bonds so intimately and secretly interwoven that to rupture any one of them would kill her.
The Creators|May Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for rupture

rupture

/ (ˈrʌptʃə) /

noun

the act of breaking or bursting or the state of being broken or burst

a breach of peaceful or friendly relations

pathol

the breaking or tearing of a bodily structure or part
another word for hernia

verb

to break or burst or cause to break or burst

to affect or be affected with a rupture or hernia

to undergo or cause to undergo a breach in relations or friendship

Derived forms of rupture

rupturable, adjective

Word Origin for rupture

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

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