Rupture Meaning
/ˈɹʌpt͡ʃəː/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA burst, split, or break.
nounA social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
Sentence Examples
Rupture stress is much higher in the case of metals as it is for plastics.
After extensively studying the quake and its aftermath, scientists say the rupture is unprecedented.
Becoming rivals in love caused the rupture of friendship.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The earthquake caused a ____ in the gas pipeline, leading to a leak.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The surgeon repaired the ____ in the patient's appendix before it caused further damage.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti Latin rumpō Latin ruptūrader. Middle French rupturebor. ▲ Latin ruptūrabor. English rupture Borrowed from Middle French rupture, or its source, Latin ruptūra (“a breaking, rupture (of a limb or vein)”) and Medieval Latin ruptūra (“a road, a field, a form of feudal tenure, a tax, etc.”), from the participle stem of rumpere (“to break, burst”). Doublet of roture.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed / Their callow young."
— 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
"He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family."
— 1825, Edward Everett, Claims of the United States on Naples and Holland:
"Thus a war was kindled with Lubec; Denmark took part with the king's enemies, and made use of a frivolous pretence, which demonstrated the inclination of his Danish majesty to come to a rupture."
— 1761, The Modern Part of an Universal History:
"The cracking sound, he explained, as far as I, a non-plumber, could understand, was the sound of the overworked, undermaintained and weirdly installed heating unit’s core rupturing and spilling water into the basement."
— 2007 February 18, Jake Mooney, “A Case of the Shivers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The earthquake caused a ____ in the gas pipeline, leading to a leak.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The surgeon repaired the ____ in the patient's appendix before it caused further damage.