rupture
Cross references:
1. fracture
1. rup.ture \'r*p-ch*r\ n [ME ruptur, fr. MF or L; MF rupture, fr. L
ruptura fracture,]fr. ruptus, pp. of rumpere to break - more at REAVE 1:
breach of peace or concord; specif : open hostility or war betwe en nations
2a: the tearing apart of a tissue {~ of the heart muscle ~ of an
intervertebral disk} 2b: HERNIA 3: a breaking apart or the state of being
broken apart
2. rupture \-ch*-rin, -shrin\ vb or rup.tur.ing 1a: to part by violence :
BREAK 1b: to create or induce a breach of 2: to produce a rupture in :
to have a rupture