rupturableadj.
/ˈrʌptʃ(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /ˈrəp(t)ʃərəb(ə)l/ Capable of being ruptured or broken.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > bursting, shattering, or breaking into pieces > capable of being burst or shattered
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1867 J. S. Wright Reply to Hon. Charles G. Loring, upon ‘Reconstruction’ xlii. 183 If our National Union..is any thing more than a rope of sand, rupturable at the will of any of the parties, we want to know it.
1898 W. James Human Immortality 35 The veil of nature can grow thin and rupturable enough for such effects to occur.
1920 Official Gaz. U.S. Patent Office 9 Mar. 206/2 (caption) A sealed and readily rupturable container.
1951 Sci. Monthly July p. v/1 A steel tube closed at one end by a plug with electrical connections and at the other by a rupturable disk.
1998 Washington Post (Nexis) 29 Nov. g8 Slasher pictures and their ilk..are about the rupturable fragility of flesh.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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