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ruptures

ruptures is the plural of rupture.

ruptures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rupture.

Meaning of rupture

Noun

rupture (countable and uncountable, plural ruptures)

  1. A burst, split, or break.
    • 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...
  2. A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
    • 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
  3. A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
  4. A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.

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Phrases with ruptures

Questions about ruptures

What is ruptures the plural of?
Ruptures is the plural of rupture.

Words near ruptures in the dictionary

  1. ruptured duck
  2. ruptured ducks
  3. ruptured membrane
  4. ruptured membranes
  5. ruptureless
  6. ruptures
  7. ruptures of membranes
  8. rupturewort
  9. ruptureworts
  10. rupturing
  11. rupturist

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