noun, verb
noun [C,U]
1 (medical) an injury in which sth inside the body breaks apart or bursts:
the rupture of a blood vessel
2 a situation when sth breaks or bursts:
ruptures of oil and water pipelines
3 (informal) a HERNIA of the ABDOMEN:
I nearly gave myself a rupture lifting that pile of books.
4 (formal) the ending of agreement or of good relations between people, countries, etc:
a rupture in relations between the two countries * Nothing could heal the rupture with his father.
Part of speech: verb
1 (medical) to burst or break apart sth inside the body; to be broken or burst apart:
[VN] a ruptured appendix / spleen / artery * He ruptured himself (= got a HERNIA) trying to lift the piano. [also V]
2 to make sth such as a container or a pipe break or burst; to be broken or burst:
[VN] The impact ruptured both fuel tanks. * [V] A pipe ruptured, leaking water all over the house.
3 [VN] (written) to make an agreement or good relations between people or countries end:
the risk of rupturing North-South relations
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is rupture a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, rupture is tagged as verb.
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