rupture
Collocations
4ADJ.
kindly, unprecedented
VERB + RUPTURE
bursting, caused, come, love, say
RUPTURE + NOUN
family, forth, friendship
PREP.
from, with, with
Definitions
noun
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.
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.
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
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.
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Idioms & Phrases
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6Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed / Their callow young.
WiktionaryHe knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.
WiktionaryThus 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.
WiktionaryThe 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
WiktionaryRupture stress is much higher in the case of metals as it is for plastics.
Tatoeba · #1434673After extensively studying the quake and its aftermath, scientists say the rupture is unprecedented.
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