rupture

Meaning

Noun

1. A burst, split, or break.
2. A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
3. A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
4. A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.

Verb

1. To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
2. To dehisce irregularly.

Concepts

rupture

hernia

break

breach

fracture

burst

tear

split

rift

failure

breakage

snap

disrupt

crack

bust

breakdown

severance

gap

rip up

break off

collapse

pop

crush

shatter

falling out

disruption

abruption

crevice

flaw

rent

slit

hole

break open

fragment

explosion

rejection

perforation

punching

be broken off

be cut asunder

be cut off

rend

rip

disagreement

discord

disjunction

dissension

dissociation

disunion

detachment

partition

separation

deviation

retreat

disconnection

ravine

chasm

gorge

breaking off

error

stop

break in

burglary

stave

break through

disintegrate

rive

crash

smash

break-off

disconnect

wreckage

broken

cracking

destruction

disruptive

ecphlysis

rhegma

chink

fissure

slot

tiar

breaking

interception

interrupt

obstruction

occlude

fraction

crack open

laceration

ladder

run

estrangement

detonate

hiatus

breaking-down

hurt

injury

blown up

explode

stretched

open

split open

cleft

leak

split apart

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹʌptʃə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French rupture, or its source, Latin ruptūra (“a breaking, rupture (of a limb or vein)”) and Medieval Latin ruptūra (“a road, a field, a form of feudal tenure, a tax, etc.”), from the participle stem of rumpere (“to break, burst”).

Sentences

The asci do not rupture at maturity .