rupture
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rupture
- /ˈɹʌpt͡ʃəː/ UK
- [ˈɹʷʌ̹pt͡ʃəː] UK
- /ˈɹʌpt͡ʃɚ/ US
- [ˈɹʷʌ̈pt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈɹʷʌ̈pt͡ʃɹ̩] US
Rhymes with -ʌptʃə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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.
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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.
noun ruptures
- 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. 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 ruptures · rupturing · ruptured
- 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.
