Found 2 items, similar to Rupture.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rupture rupture n 1: state of being torn or burst open 2: a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); “they hoped to avoid a break in relations” [syn: breach, break, severance, rift, falling out] 3: the act of making a sudden noisy break v : separate or cause to separate abruptly; “The rope snapped”; “tear the paper” [syn: tear, snap, bust]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rupture 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. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] Hatch from the egg, that soon, Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family. --E. Everett. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) Hernia. See Hernia. [1913 Webster] 4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion. [1913 Webster] Modulus of rupture. (Engin.) See under Modulus. [1913 Webster] Syn: Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution. See Fracture. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To produce a hernia in. [1913 Webster] Rupture \Rup"ture\, v. i. To suffer a breach or disruption. [1913 Webster]