noun
Meaning 1
A burst, split, or break.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A burst, split, or break.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
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Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
To dehisce irregularly.
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Usage: intransitive
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
the act of making a sudden noisy break
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: breakage, break, breaking
noun
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: breach, break, severance, rift, falling out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: separation, breakup, detachment
Narrower terms: schism
noun
state of being torn or burst open
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: injury, hurt, harm, trauma
Narrower terms: hernia, herniation, herniated disc, ruptured intervertebral disc, slipped disc
verb
separate or cause to separate abruptly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: tear, snap, bust
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: separate, disunite, divide, part
Narrower terms: lacerate, rend, rip, rive, pull, shred, tear up, rip up
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti Latin rumpō Latin ruptūrader. Middle French rupturebor. ▲ Latin ruptūrabor. English rupture 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”). Doublet of roture.
Across languages
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