vt to produce a hernia in.
2. rupture ·vi to suffer a breach or disruption.
3. rupture ·noun hernia. ·see hernia.
4. rupture ·vt to part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
5. rupture ·noun a bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. ·see explosion.
6. rupture ·noun breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
7. rupture ·noun 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.