rupture
verb/ˈrʌptʃə(r)/
/ˈrʌptʃər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rupture | /ˈrʌptʃə(r)/ /ˈrʌptʃər/ |
| he / she / it ruptures | /ˈrʌptʃəz/ /ˈrʌptʃərz/ |
| past simple ruptured | /ˈrʌptʃəd/ /ˈrʌptʃərd/ |
| past participle ruptured | /ˈrʌptʃəd/ /ˈrʌptʃərd/ |
| -ing form rupturing | /ˈrʌptʃərɪŋ/ /ˈrʌptʃərɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] rupture (something/yourself) (medical) to burst or break apart something inside the body; to be broken or burst apart
- a ruptured appendix
- He ruptured himself (= got a hernia) trying to lift the piano.
- Barnes played his first game since rupturing an Achilles tendon five months ago.
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- [transitive, intransitive] rupture (something) (formal) to make something such as a container or a pipe break or burst; to be broken or burst
- The impact ruptured both fuel tanks.
- A pipe ruptured, leaking water all over the house.
- [transitive] rupture something (formal) to make an agreement or good relations between people or countries end
- the risk of rupturing North-South relations
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from Old French rupture or Latin ruptura, from rumpere ‘to break’. The verb dates from the mid 18th cent.
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