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Meaning of RUPTURED

Pronunciation:  r'upchurd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure; "a burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst seams"; "a ruptured appendix"; (`busted' is an informal term for `burst' as in"a busted balloon")
 
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 Synonyms: burst, busted, damaged
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Rup"tured\ (?; 135), a. (Med.)
Having a rupture, or hernia.
 

 

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