v.
  - break or burst suddenly. 
▸cause to break or burst suddenly.
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(be ruptured or rupture oneself)
 suffer an abdominal hernia.
 - breach or disturb (a harmonious situation).
 
n.
  - an instance of rupturing.
 - an abdominal hernia.
 
 
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. rupture or L. ruptura, from rumpere ‘to break’.