rupture
verb
- break a long skinny fluid container
noun
- break a long skinny fluid container
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌpt͡ʃəː/ / [ˈɹʷʌ̹pt͡ʃəː] / /ˈɹʌpt͡ʃɚ/
noun
Etymology: 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.
- A burst, split, or break.
“Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed / Their callow young.”
- A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
“He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.”
“Thus a war was kindled with Lubec; Denmark took part with the king's enemies, and made use of a frivolous pretence, which demonstrated the inclination of his Danish majesty to come to a rupture.”
- A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
- A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.
verb
Etymology: 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.
- To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
“The cracking sound, he explained, as far as I, a non-plumber, could understand, was the sound of the overworked, undermaintained and weirdly installed heating unit’s core rupturing and spilling water into the basement.”
- To dehisce irregularly.