rupture

"It may be time to fundamentally reconsider this model and move toward atherosclerosis imaging to identify the silent plaque -- early atherosclerosis- before it has a chance to rupture."

"We are not experiencing a transition, but a rupture," acknowledged Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to journalists just before the summit session.

He knew that forcing the issue of fossil fuels on the agenda would rupture that.

Whether India can repair the deeper political rupture remains uncertain.

I feel the ground underneath the building rupture—I can almost taste the iron in the liquefied earth.