Rupture1. (n.) The act of breaking apart, or separating; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lute string.
2. (n.) Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
3. (n.) Hernia. See Hernia.
4. (n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
5. (v. t.) To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
6. (v. t.) To produce a hernia in.
7. (v. i.) To suffer a breach or disruption.
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