Rupture

Definition:

  • (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.
  • (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.
  • (n.) Hernia. See Hernia.
  • (n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
  • (v. t.) To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
  • (v. t.) To produce a hernia in.
  • (v. i.) To suffer a breach or disruption.

Compare rupture with other words:

eruption vs. rupture

hernia vs. rupture

disruption vs. rupture

filanders vs. rupture

bursten vs. rupture

rupture vs. shatter

crumble vs. rupture

friable vs. rupture

rupture vs. scrap

puncture vs. rupture

cracker vs. rupture

disrupt vs. rupture

breakup vs. rupture

rupture vs. ruptured

dehiscence vs. rupture

dehiscent vs. rupture

perforation vs. rupture

pressure vs. rupture

ductile vs. rupture

failure vs. rupture

break vs. rupture

muscle vs. rupture

rupture vs. split

burst vs. rupture

dehisce vs. rupture

fracture vs. rupture

rupture vs. tenacity

breach vs. rupture

permeate vs. rupture