Rupture /(?; 135)/

1. 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.

   Hatch from the egg, that soon, Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young.

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

   He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.

3. Hernia. See Hernia. (Med.)
4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.

imp. & p. p. Ruptured; p. pr. & vb. n. Rupturing

1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
2. To produce a hernia in.

1. To suffer a breach or disruption.