Thesaurus: rupture

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1. n. 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.
2. n. Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
3. n. Hernia. See Hernia.
4. n. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
5. v. t. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
6. v. t. To produce a hernia in.
7. v. i. To suffer a breach or disruption.
8. n. state of being torn or burst open
9. n. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
10. n. the act of making a sudden noisy break
11. v. separate or cause to separate abruptly
12. 1. The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring. Arbuthnot. Hatch from the egg, that soon, Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. Milton. 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. He knew that policy would desincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family. E. Everett. 3. (Med.) Hernia. See Hernia. 4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion. Modulus of rupture. (Engin.) See under Modulus. Syn. -- Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution. See Fracture. 1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel. 2. To produce a hernia in. To suffer a breach or disruption.