rupture
破裂,崩裂,爆裂,破裂缝
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Definitions
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- : the act of breaking or bursting: The flood led to the rupture of the dam.
- : the state of being broken or burst: a rupture in the earth's surface.
- : a breach of harmonious, friendly, or peaceful relations.
- : Pathology. hernia, especially abdominal hernia.
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rup·tured, rup·tur·ing.
- : to break or burst: He ruptured a blood vessel.
- : to cause a breach of: to rupture friendly relations.
- : Pathology. to affect with hernia.
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
He said crews were not sure what caused the main to rupture.
A widely known concept in studying family interactions, “rupture and repair,” describes the importance of the repair process after a negative interaction.
When we feel shame, we are unable to engage in the “repair” step, which only leaves the rupture.
The conversion of public subsidy into private profit feels like a rupture in the system—one that would be fixed, perhaps, if states controlled the fruits of their funding more.
Philip’s reported insistence on leaving his own mark may have led to a post-coronation rupture in their relationship.
Over the next eight years, the rupture would fissure across every state and territory in the Union.
A fragile and divided Lebanon risks rupture over the civil war raging next door in Syria.
Are we living through a parallel period – an end of an era before a rupture?
The second section, Rupture, represents the state between death and rebirth.
The exhibition is divided into three sections: origin, rupture, and rebirth.
Between South and North, the probabilities of a serious, and no very distant rupture, are strong and manifest.
One of these is the liability to inguinal hernia, or , which leads to much suffering and frequent death in man.