rupture
rup|ture /r'ʌptʃər/ (ruptures rupturing ruptured)
1 [N-COUNT]
A rupture is a severe injury in which an internal part of your body tears or bursts open, especially the part between the bowels and the abdomen.
2 [VERB] V, V n, V-ed
If a person or animal ruptures a part of their body or if it ruptures, it tears or bursts open.
His stomach might rupture from all the acid...
Whilst playing badminton, I ruptured my Achilles tendon.
...a ruptured appendix.
3 [VERB] V pron-refl
If you rupture yourself, you rupture a part of your body, usually because you have lifted something heavy.
He ruptured himself playing football.
4 [VERB] V, V n
If an object ruptures or if something ruptures it, it bursts open.
Certain truck gasoline tanks can rupture and burn in a collision...
Sloshing liquids can rupture the walls of their containers.
= burst
5 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
If there is a rupture between people, relations between them get much worse or end completely.
The incidents have not yet caused a major rupture in the political ties between countries.
6 [VERB] V n
If someone or something ruptures relations between people, they damage them, causing them to become worse or to end.
The incident ruptures a recent and fragile cease-fire.
1 [N-COUNT]
A rupture is a severe injury in which an internal part of your body tears or bursts open, especially the part between the bowels and the abdomen.
2 [VERB] V, V n, V-ed
If a person or animal ruptures a part of their body or if it ruptures, it tears or bursts open.
His stomach might rupture from all the acid...
Whilst playing badminton, I ruptured my Achilles tendon.
...a ruptured appendix.
3 [VERB] V pron-refl
If you rupture yourself, you rupture a part of your body, usually because you have lifted something heavy.
He ruptured himself playing football.
4 [VERB] V, V n
If an object ruptures or if something ruptures it, it bursts open.
Certain truck gasoline tanks can rupture and burn in a collision...
Sloshing liquids can rupture the walls of their containers.
= burst
5 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
If there is a rupture between people, relations between them get much worse or end completely.
The incidents have not yet caused a major rupture in the political ties between countries.
6 [VERB] V n
If someone or something ruptures relations between people, they damage them, causing them to become worse or to end.
The incident ruptures a recent and fragile cease-fire.