[
US
/ˈɹəptʃɝ/
]
[ UK /ɹˈʌptʃɐ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈʌptʃɐ/ ]
NOUN
-
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
they hoped to avoid a break in relations - the act of making a sudden noisy break
- state of being torn or burst open
VERB
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separate or cause to separate abruptly
tear the paper
The rope snapped
How To Use rupture In A Sentence
- In patients without subarachnoid hemorrhage from a separate aneurysm, larger aneurysms also were more likely to rupture.
- Sudden ruptures of the artery can lead to fatal blood loss or severe brain damage.
- We need not worry about the disappearance of this space because its elasticity prevents true rupture or breakage.
- It was more than a break from what came before; it was a seismic rupture.
- The diaphragm is the component that needs the most attention, as it hardens with age and could rupture.
- Nothing could heal the rupture with his father.
- Byzance ne s'en remettra jamais complètement et cet évènement dramatique marqua la vraie rupture entre catholiques latins et orthodoxes grecs, beaucoup plus que le schisme de 1054 ! Archive 2007-03-01
- As I looked at the ruptured eardrum with my otoscope, I was blasted by a shouting voice less than an inch away from my face. Paradise General
- These acne cysts can rupture, spreading the infection into nearby skin tissue.
- In the cases described in this article, the patients sought medical attention owing to symptoms caused by atraumatic splenic rupture.