Rup"ture , v. i. To suffer a breach or disruption.
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.
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.
Arbuthnot.
Hatch from the egg,
that soon,
Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
Their callow young.
Milton. 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. (Med.)
Hernia. See Hernia.
4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
Modulus of rupture. (Engin.) See under Modulus.
Syn. -- Fracture;
breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution. See Fracture.
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