rupture
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French rupture, or its source, Latin ruptura (“a breaking, rupture (of a limb or vein), in Medieval Latin also a road, a field, a form of feudal tenure, a tax, etc.”), from the participle stem of rumpere (“to break, burst”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rupture (plural ruptures)
- A burst, split, or break.
- Milton
- Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed / Their callow young.
- Milton
- A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
- E. Everett
- He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.
- E. Everett
- (medicine) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
- (engineering) A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.
Translations[edit]
burst or split
social break
failure mode
Verb[edit]
rupture (third-person singular simple present ruptures, present participle rupturing, simple past and past participle ruptured)
- (transitive, intransitive) To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
Translations[edit]
to burst, break through, or split, as under pressure
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See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- rupture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- rupture in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- rupture at OneLook Dictionary Search
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
ruptūre
- vocative masculine singular of ruptūrus
