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rup·ture

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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.	Pathology. hernia, esp. abdominal hernia.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to break or burst: He ruptured a blood vessel.

6.	to cause a breach of: to rupture friendly relations.

7.	Pathology. to affect with hernia.

–verb (used without object)

8.	to suffer a break or rupture.

[Origin: 1475–85; < L ruptūra (n.), equiv. to rupt(us) (ptp. of rumpere to break) + -ūra -ure

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—Related forms

rup·tur·a·ble, adjective

—Synonyms 2. fracture, break, split, burst. 5. fracture, split, disrupt.

—Antonyms 2. seam, union. 5. unite.

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	Synonym Collection v1.1	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	rupture
Part of Speech:	verb
Synonyms:	breach, break, burst, disagreement, disrupt, divide, division, divorce, fracture, open, part, puncture, quarrel, rend, rent, separate, split, sunder, tear, hernia
Source:	Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.

	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	breach
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	An opening, especially in a solid structure.
Synonyms:	break, gap, hole, perforation
Source:	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	breach
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	An interruption in friendly relations.
Synonyms:	alienation, break, disaffection, estrangement, fissure, rent, rift, schism, split
Source:	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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rupture, in medicine: see hernia.

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