Dictionary Entry
rupture
rupture is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
- 3noun
Hernia. See Hernia.
- 4noun
A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
- 5transitive verb
To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
- 6transitive verb
To produce a hernia in.
- 7intransitive verb
To suffer a breach or disruption.
- 8noun
the act of making a sudden noisy break
- 9noun
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
"they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
- 10noun
state of being torn or burst open
- 11verb
separate or cause to separate abruptly
"The rope snapped"
"tear the paper"
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