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View definitions for rupture

rupture

noun as in break, split

verb as in break open

verb as in disagree; dissolve union

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Most of our body tissues have evolved to regenerate ruptures or fractures with remarkable efficacy, as long as these are small in size.

In a five-minute hearing, Lorraine Harris, the area coroner for Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire, said the cause of his death was a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.

From BBC

After a major pipeline rupture five years ago, he started photographing and filming pools of oily water and heaps of blackened soil in locations in Unity State, including sites near Roriak, where the herders live.

From BBC

The news threatened to rupture the sunny image Palmer has been cultivating since she played Akeelah at age 12.

Without intervention, a constricted baby may fatally rupture the uterus, or cause tears that catastrophically haemorrhage.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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