rupture
IPA: rˈʌptʃɝ
noun
- A burst, split, or break.
- 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.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
- (botany, intransitive) To dehisce irregularly.
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Examples of "rupture" in Sentences
- The surface spreads and ruptures.
- The tank ruptured, starting the blaze.
- The incidence of rupture is poorly defined.
- The consequences of the rupture were tragic.
- So the claim that rupture is benign is not tenable.
- And for him, such a rupture is simply not an issue.
- The crustal layer involved in the rupture was thick.
- Death resulted from a rupture of the bladder and peritonitis.
- Generally, the larger the quake, the longer the fault rupture.
- An investigation is ongoing to determine the cause of the rupture.
- It refers to a rupture of the posterior capsule of the natural lens.
- The left-right religious rupture is not the only divisive element within religious zionism.
- Multiple gestation, preterm rupture of membranes, and comorbidity were not independent risk factors for adverse drug reactions.
- Given the severe contrasting nature of landscapes in Mexico, it is inevitable that this sense of rupture translates into a fractured sense of self.
- Yes - there are risks (previous scar rupture is a 0.1 – 0.5% risk) and during labour, the decision to go to a second c-section might still have to be made.
- The majority of PTB (~75%) results from spontaneous contractions often associated with infection, prelabor preterm rupture of the membranes and unknown causes
- There was a nice study published by Jerome Strauss's group [in October's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences] that showed that African-American women who have a preterm rupture of the membranes are more likely to have a genetic variant that's causative for that.
- The first rupture is that between itself as a theory and its ultimate objects, placed beyond the reach of the theory itself or any possible conception, and, the second, between this scheme and the possible constitution of nature, mind, or culture, which defines the first rupture as a theoretical idealization.
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