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Entry 7 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Rupture

/rŭp'-chẽr/ · Rup·ture · IPA /ˈɹʌptʃə/
01 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;…
  1. 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.
    “Hatch from the egg, that soon, Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young.” — Milton.
  2. 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 disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.” — E. Everett.
  3. 3.
    Hernia. See Hernia.(Med.) See: Hernia
  4. 4.
    A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion. See: Explosion
Phrases & compounds
Modulus of rupture — (Engin.) See under Modulus.
Syn. Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution. See Fracture.
02 v. t. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
imp. & p. p. Ruptured; p. pr. & vb. n. Rupturing
  1. 1.
    To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
  2. 2.
    To produce a hernia in.
03 v. i. To suffer a breach or disruption.
  1. 1.
    To suffer a breach or disruption.