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rupture

[ruhp-cher]

noun

  1. the act of breaking or bursting.

    The flood led to the rupture of the dam.

  2. the state of being broken or burst.

    a rupture in the earth's surface.

    Synonyms: , , ,
    Antonyms: ,
  3. a breach of harmonious, friendly, or peaceful relations.

  4. Pathology.hernia, especially abdominal hernia.



verb (used with object)

ruptured, rupturing 
  1. to break or burst.

    He ruptured a blood vessel.

    Synonyms: , ,
    Antonyms:
  2. to cause a breach of.

    to rupture friendly relations.

  3. Pathology.to affect with hernia.

verb (used without object)

ruptured, rupturing 
  1. to suffer a break or rupture.

rupture

/ ˈʌʃə /

noun

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

  2. a breach of peaceful or friendly relations

  3. pathol

    1. the breaking or tearing of a bodily structure or part

    2. another word for hernia

“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

verb

  1. to break or burst or cause to break or burst

  2. to affect or be affected with a rupture or hernia

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

“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
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • rupturable adjective
  • nonrupturable adjective
  • nonrupture noun
  • unrupturable adjective
  • unruptured adjective
  • ˈܱٳܰ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rupture1

1475–85; < Latin ܱū (noun), equivalent to rupt ( us ) (past participle of rumpere to break) + -ure
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rupture1

C15: from Latin ܱū a breaking, from rumpere to burst forth; see erupt
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There could be “huge social ruptures where one side sees the other as very cruelly exploiting AI while the other side sees the first as deluding itself into thinking there’s sentience there,” he said.

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When, for whatever reason, close friends experience a rupture, there are a few different paths for reconciling.

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I had a ruptured artery in my stomach and was bleeding every day on the road.

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A sinkhole near a construction site in Ventura took down a shed and two vehicles Tuesday morning, as the ground collapsed several feet — rupturing pavement, cracking a fence and sending people fleeing for safety.

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He has consistently been at the centre of key inflection points in recent South African history when some kind of a rupture has occurred and the country has had to change course dramatically.

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