Definition of rupture

• 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.