·vt To produce a hernia in.
II. Rupture ·vi To suffer a breach or disruption.
III. Rupture ·noun Hernia.
·see Hernia.
IV. Rupture ·vt To part by violence; to
Break; to
Burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
V. Rupture ·noun A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion.
·see Explosion.
VI. Rupture ·noun Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
VII. Rupture ·noun 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.