Rupture

·vt To produce a hernia in.

II. Rupture ·vi To suffer a breach or disruption.

III. Rupture ·noun Hernia. ·see Hernia.

IV. Rupture ·vt To part by violence; to Break; to Burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.

V. Rupture ·noun A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. ·see Explosion.

VI. Rupture ·noun Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.

VII. Rupture ·noun The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring.