rupture

rup·ture  (rpchr)

n.

1.

a. The process or instance of breaking open or bursting.

b. The state of being broken open.

2. A break in friendly relations.

3. Pathology

a. A hernia, especially of the groin or intestines.

b. A tear in an organ or a tissue: rupture of an appendix; ligament rupture.

v. rup·tured, rup·tur·ing, rup·tures

v.tr.

To break open; burst.

v.intr.

To undergo or suffer a rupture.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ruptra, from ruptus, past participle of rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

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ruptur·a·ble adj.

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rupture [ˈrʌptʃə]

n

1. the act of breaking or bursting or the state of being broken or burst

2. a breach of peaceful or friendly relations

3. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol

a.  the breaking or tearing of a bodily structure or part

b.  another word for hernia

vb

1. to break or burst or cause to break or burst

2. (Medicine / Pathology) to affect or be affected with a rupture or hernia

3. to undergo or cause to undergo a breach in relations or friendship

[from Latin ruptūra a breaking, from rumpere to burst forth; see erupt]

rupturable  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rupture - state of being torn or burst open     harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. hernia, herniation - rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes herniated disc, ruptured intervertebral disc, slipped disc - a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
	2.	rupture - a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" falling out, severance, rift, breach, break schism - the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences breakup, separation, detachment - coming apart
	3.	rupture - the act of making a sudden noisy break breaking, breakage, break - the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"
Verb	1.	rupture - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" tear, snap, bust disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" lacerate - cut or tear irregularly rend, rip, rive, pull - tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" rip up, shred, tear up - tear into shreds

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rupture

noun

1. hernia (Medical) a rupture of the abdominal aorta

2. breach, split, hostility, falling-out (informal), disagreement, contention, feud, disruption, quarrel, rift, break, bust-up (informal), dissolution, altercation, schism, estrangement a major rupture between the two countries

3. break, tear, split, crack, rent, burst, breach, fracture, cleavage, cleft, fissure ruptures in a 60-mile pipeline on the island

verb

1. break, separate, tear, split, crack, burst, rend, fracture, sever, puncture, cleave Tanks can rupture and burn in a collision.

2. cause a breach, split, divide, disrupt, break off, come between, dissever an accident which ruptured the bond between them

Translations

rupture [ˈrʌptʃəʳ]

A. N (Med) → hernia f (fig) → ruptura f

B. VT

1. → causar una hernia en, quebrarse
to rupture o.s → causarse una hernia, herniarse (fig) (hum) → herniarse

2. (fig) → romper, destruir

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rupture [ˈrʌptʃə^r]

n

(MEDICINE) → hernie f

(= rift) → rupture f

vt

[+ tendon] → se déchirer; [+ spleen, artery, appendix] → se faire une rupture de
a ruptured tendon → une rupture du tendon
a ruptured appendix → une rupture de l'appendice
a ruptured artery → une rupture artérielle
to rupture o.s. → se faire une hernie

(= burst) [+ pipe, tank] → faire éclater

(= cause a rift in) [+ relations] → rompre

vi [organ, artery] → se rompre

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rupture

n (lit, fig) → Bruch m; (Pol, of relations) → Abbruch m

vt → brechen; to rupture oneself (inf) → sich (dat) → einen Bruch heben (inf); to rupture a muscle → sich (dat) → einen Muskelriss zuziehen

vi → brechen

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rupture [ˈrʌptʃəʳ]

1. n → rottura (Med, YYY) (hernia) → ernia

2. vt (blood vessel) → far scoppiare
to rupture o.s. → farsi venire un'ernia

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rupture [ˈrʌptʃəʳ]

1. n → rottura (Med, YYY) (hernia) → ernia

2. vt (blood vessel) → far scoppiare
to rupture o.s. → farsi venire un'ernia

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rupture

n rupture [ˈraptʃə]

a tearing or breaking. skeur تَمَزُّق، تَصَدُّع разкъсване trhlina, roztržka, zlomení sprængning; brud der Bruch ρήξη ruptura, quebradura; hernia rebend پارگی؛ شکاف repeämä rupture; hernie קֶרַע फटन, फूटन भाग prolom, prekid törés; repedés robekan rifa, sprunga rottura; ernia 破裂 파열 nutraukimas, skilimas plīsums; pārrāvums pecahan breuk, scheur revne, brist, sprekk pęknięcie, przerwanie ruptura ruptură; hernie разрыв; перелом roztržka; natrhnutie prelom cepanje bristning, ruptur, rämna, klyfta แตกออก patlama, yırtılma 撕裂，斷裂 перелом; розрив ٹوٹ جانے یا پھٹ جانے کا عمل sự gẫy; sự vỡ 破裂

v

to break or tear. skeur يَكْسِر، يُمَزِّق разкъсвам (се) zlomit, trhat sprænge; bryde brechen σπάζω, σκίζω romper(se), quebrar(se); herniarse rebima پاره شدن؛ شکافته دشن revähtää (se) rompre לִקרוֹעַ फोड़ना, तोड़ना prolomiti, prekinuti megreped merobek rofna, slitna rompere, rompersi 破裂する 파열시키다 trūkti, skilti plēst; pārraut pecah breken, scheuren sprenge(s), sprekke, briste pęknąć, przerwać się romper a (se) rupe разрывать zlomiť, trhať prelomiti pocepati brista, spräcka ทำให้แตก patlatmak, yırtmak 折斷，撕破 поривати, розривати ٹوٹنا یا پھٹ جانا làm vỡ; làm gẫy 使破裂