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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
rupture
n 1: state of being torn or burst open
2: a personal or social separation (as between opposing
factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" [syn:
rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling
out]
3: the act of making a sudden noisy break
v 1: separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped";
"tear the paper" [syn: tear, rupture, snap, bust]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Rupture \Rup"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum
to break: cf. F. rupture. See Reave, and cf. Rout a
defeat.]
1. The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of
being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the
rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring.
--Arbuthnot.
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Hatch from the egg, that soon,
Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
Their callow young. --Milton.
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2. Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open
hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly
relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
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He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a
rupture with his family. --E. Everett.
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3. (Med.) Hernia. See Hernia.
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4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden
manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
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Modulus of rupture. (Engin.) See under Modulus.
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Syn: Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution.
See Fracture.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Rupture \Rup"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruptured; p. pr. & vb.
n. Rupturing.]
1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a
blood vessel.
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2. To produce a hernia in.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Rupture \Rup"ture\, v. i.
To suffer a breach or disruption.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hernia \Her"ni*a\, n.; pl. E. Hernias, L. Herni[ae]. [L.]
(Med.)
A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has
escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some
natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as,
hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of
the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture.
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Strangulated hernia, a hernia so tightly compressed in some
part of the channel through which it has been protruded as
to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling of the
protruded part. It may occur in recent or chronic hernia,
but is more common in the latter.
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Thesaurus Results for Rupture:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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