rupture

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Translations 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 See also

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rupture (plural ruptures)

1. A burst, split, or break.
2. A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
3. (medicine) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
4. (engineering) A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.

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to rupture (third-person singular simple present ruptures, present participle rupturing, simple past and past participle ruptured)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.

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• rupture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia