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[ ruhp-cher ] / ˈrʌp tʃər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rupture ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe 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. Origin of rupture1475–85; <Latin ruptūra (noun), equivalent to rupt(us) (past participle of rumpere to break) + -ūra-ure SYNONYMS FOR rupture2 fracture, break, split, burst. 5 fracture, split, disrupt. SEE SYNONYMS FOR rupture ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR ruptureSEE ANTONYMS FOR rupture ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM rupturerup·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 rupturerapture, rupture Words nearby ruptureRupes Altai, rupestrine, rupia, rupiah, rupicolous, rupture, ruptured disk, ruptured duck, RUQ, rural, rural dean Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ruptureHistory is of course full of such ruptures, intentional or otherwise. Should America (and FIFA) Pay Reparations? (Ep. 426)|Stephen J. Dubner|July 16, 2020|Freakonomics When that bubble bursts, it begins with a break, or rupture, in the soapy film. Soap bubbles’ ‘pop’ reveals the physics of the bursts|Emily Conover|April 1, 2020|Science News For Students 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 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 What they heal is the rupture reality makes on the imagination. Only Six Books: Excerpt From Jeanette Winterson’s New Memoir|Jeanette Winterson|March 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST The occasion of this rupture between George the First and his son was curious. And why the rupture frequently breaks out anew, after the operation apparently heals. Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured|Chas. Cluthe & Sons Up to the time of the revolution, Canada had been a hostage, and England felt that she could at no time afford a rupture with us. Philip Dru: Administrator|Edward Mandell House One such case seen only at autopsy had a rupture of the aorta just above the sinus of Valsalva and died of hemopericardium. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield The families were intimate; so intimate that their friendliness outlived generations, civil war, and all sorts of rupture. The Education of Henry Adams|Henry Adams
British Dictionary definitions for rupture
nounthe 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
verbto 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 rupturerupturable, adjectiveWord Origin for ruptureC15: from Latin ruptūra a breaking, from rumpere to burst forth; see erupt Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to rupturefissure, schism, fracture, breach, hernia, rift, misunderstanding, disruption, estrangement, puncture, burst, tear, shatter, erupt, sunder, disrupt, sever, break up, break off, division Medical definitions for rupture
n.The process of breaking open or bursting. A hernia, especially of the groin or intestines. A tear in an organ or a tissue. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |