1. (n.) The act of breaking apart, or separating; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel\ or fiber; the rupture of a lute string.

2. (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.

3. (n.) Hernia. See Hernia.

4. (n.) A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion.

5. (v. t.) To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.

6. (v. t.) To produce a hernia in.

7. (v. i.) To suffer a breach or disruption.

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