\Rup"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum
to break: cf. F. rupture. See {Reave}, and cf. {Rout} a
defeat.]
1. 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.
   --Arbuthnot.
         Hatch from the egg, that soon, Bursting with kindly
         rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young.
                                               --Milton.
2. Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open
   hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly
   relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
         He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a
         rupture with his family.              --E. Everett.
3. (Med.) Hernia. See {Hernia}.
4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden
   manner than by explosion. See {Explosion}.
{Modulus of rupture}. (Engin.) See under {Modulus}.
Syn: Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution.
     See {Fracture}.

\Rup"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruptured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Rupturing}.]
1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a
   blood vessel.
2. To produce a hernia in.

\Rup"ture\, v. i.
To suffer a breach or disruption.