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rupture🔊

A burst, split, or break.

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Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed / Their callow young.

A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.

(medicine) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.

(engineering) A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.

To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.

(botany) To dehisce irregularly.

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