- (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.
- (v.i.) To suffer a breach or disruption.
- (n.) Hernia. See Hernia.
- (n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
- (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.
- (v.t.) To produce a hernia in.
- (v.t.) To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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