tear, cause to burst, cause to break; be torn, be broken, be burst; cut off a friendly relationship, estrange oneself from a friend
break, burst, split, breach, tear; breach in friendly relations, estrangement
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Rupture Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To produce a hernia in.
To produce a hernia in.
(v. t.)
To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
(v. i.)
To suffer a breach or disruption.
To suffer a breach or disruption.
(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.
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.)
Hernia. See Hernia.
Hernia. See Hernia.
(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.
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.)
A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
rupture
\rup"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. ruptured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. rupturing.]
1. to part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
2. to produce a hernia in.
rupture
\rup"ture\, v. i. to suffer a breach or disruption.
rupture
\rup"ture\ (?; 135), n. [l. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum to break: cf. f. rupture. see reave, and cf. rout a defeat.] 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.
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. 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.
similar words(1)
modulus of rupture
To separate the parts of by violence.
Breg = n. a rupture, a fissure
Esgardd = n. rupture, ruption
Godor = n. a rupture; a let
Rhwyg = n. a rent, a rupture
Tor = n. a break, a rupture, a cut, n. a bulge; a belly; a boss
Torgest = n. a hernia, a rupture
Torgestu = v. to form a hernia; to rupture
Noun
1. state of being torn or burst open
(hypernym) injury, hurt, harm, trauma
(hyponym) hernia, herniation
(derivation) tear, snap, bust
2. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
(synonym) breach, break, severance, rift, falling out
(hypernym) separation, breakup, detachment
3. the act of making a sudden noisy break
(hypernym) breakage, break, breaking
(derivation) tear, snap, bust
Verb
1. separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
(synonym) tear, snap, bust
(hypernym) separate, disunite, divide, part
(hyponym) lacerate
Rupture Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
To dream that you are ruptured, denotes you will have physical disorders or disagreeable contentions. If it be others you see in this condition, you will be in danger of irreconcilable quarrels.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectRupture Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Rupture may refer to:
Anatomy and medicine
- Abdominal hernia, formerly referred to as "a rupture"
- Achilles tendon rupture
- Rupture of membranes, a "water breaking" event of pregnancy
- Premature rupture of membranes, when the amniotic sac ruptures more than an hour before the onset of labor
- Ruptured spleen
- Testicular rupture, a rip or tear in the connective tissue covering of the testes
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Rupture Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
division; rupture
rupture; fracture
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. AboutRupture Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
