(n.) 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.
(n.) Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open
hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations;
as, the parties came to a rupture.
(n.) Hernia. See Hernia.
(n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden
manner than by explosion. See Explosion.
(v. t.) To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture
a blood vessel.
(v. t.) To produce a hernia in.
(v. i.) To suffer a breach or disruption.
