RUPTURE

rupture. rupture, breach, or bursting

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rupture. Rupture, n. a breach of peace, bursteness; v.t. to burst

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Rup″ture (?; 135), n. [[L. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum to break: cf. F. rupture. See Reave, and cf. Rout a defeat.]] 1. 1. 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. Arbuthnot.
Hatch from the egg, that soon, Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. Milton. 2. 2. Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family. E. Everett. 3. 3. (Med.) Hernia. See Hernia.
4. 4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
Modulus of rupture. (Engin.) See under Modulus. Syn. — Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution. See Fracture.