Meaning of rupture | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A burst, split, or break
2. A burst, split, or break.
   countable, uncountable
3. A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
   countable, uncountable
4. A social breach or break, between individuals or groups
5. A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
   countable, uncountable
6. A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle
7. A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.
   countable, uncountable
8. A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking
9. To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure

Equivalents

Examples

“Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed / Their callow young.”

“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.”

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