Definitions from Wiktionary (rupture)

▸ noun:  A burst, split, or break.
▸ noun:  A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
▸ noun:  (medicine) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
▸ noun:  (engineering) A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
▸ verb:  (botany, intransitive) To dehisce irregularly.
▸ Also see rupture

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