rupture
Americannoun
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the act of breaking or bursting.
The flood led to the rupture of the dam.
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the state of being broken or burst.
a rupture in the earth's surface.
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a breach of harmonious, friendly, or peaceful relations.
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Pathology. hernia, especially abdominal hernia.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
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the act of breaking or bursting or the state of being broken or burst
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a breach of peaceful or friendly relations
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pathol
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the breaking or tearing of a bodily structure or part
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another word for hernia
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verb
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to break or burst or cause to break or burst
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to affect or be affected with a rupture or hernia
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to undergo or cause to undergo a breach in relations or friendship
Other Word Forms
- nonrupturable adjective
- nonrupture noun
- rupturable adjective
- unrupturable adjective
- unruptured adjective
Etymology
Origin of rupture
1475–85; < Latin ruptūra (noun), equivalent to rupt ( us ) (past participle of rumpere to break) + -ūra -ure
Example Sentences
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American downhill skier Lindsey Vonn says she has ruptured her left anterior cruciate ligament but is still "very hopeful" she can compete at the Winter Olympics in Italy.
From BBC
When he was 12, his appendix ruptured and he nearly died, leading him to promise to serve God as an adult.
From Los Angeles Times
As Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, put it in a remarkably direct speech at Davos, the U.S.-led world order is a thing of the past; it has been ruptured.
From Salon
The market rupture was an emergency for America’s largest banks, and as the Fed official best connected on Wall Street, Warsh took a leading role coordinating the Fed’s policy response.
They worked, the country didn’t rupture, we endured.
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