Rupture (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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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.
  3. a breach of harmonious, friendly, or peaceful relations.
  4. hernia, especially abdominal hernia.
verb (used with object), rup·tured, rup·tur·ing.
  1. to break or burst: He ruptured a blood vessel.
  2. to cause a breach of: to rupture friendly relations.
  3. to affect with hernia.
verb (used without object), rup·tured, rup·tur·ing.
  1. to suffer a break or rupture.
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
    • the breaking or tearing of a bodily structure or part
    • another word for hernia
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
Rupture (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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