| 单词 | rupture |
| 释义 | rupture (once / 1197 pages) nv A rupture is a break or tear in something that pulls it apart. A rupture can be a literal break, like the one that happens in, say, a gas line, or it can be more figurative, as in a friendship or a business deal. The oil spill was less of a spill that it was a rupture: the line leading to the well was severed, allowing the oil to flow into the ocean. Rupture works as both a noun and a verb. You can rupture the silence by screaming your head off, and any number of events in Star Trek can cause a rupture in the space-time continuum. WORD FAMILYrupture: ruptured, ruptures, rupturing USAGE EXAMPLESThat, or the tumor would rupture her heart. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) The company determined the 2015 accident was caused by the rupture of a substandard metal piece supporting a pressurized helium vessel. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Coach Tim Miles announced Tuesday that Gill ruptured his patella tendon during practice Sunday. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n the act of making a sudden noisy break Hyper break, breakage, breaking the act of breaking something 2n the state of being torn or burst open Hypo|Hyper hernia, herniation rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes herniated disc, ruptured intervertebral disc, slipped disca painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region colpocele, vaginocelehernia projecting into the vagina diverticuluma herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon) eventrationprotrusion of the intestine through the abdominal wall exomphalosan umbilical hernia at birth in which some abdominal organs push into the umbilical cord diaphragmatic hernia, hiatal hernia, hiatus herniahernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm inguinal herniahernia in which a loop of intestine enters the inguinal canal; the most common type of hernia in males keratocelehernia of the cornea laparocelehernia through the abdomen omphalocele, umbilical herniaprotrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navel; usually self correcting after birth harm, hurt, injury, trauma any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. 3n a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper breach, break, falling out, rift, severance Great Schism the period from 1378 to 1417 during which there were two papacies in the Roman Catholic Church, one in Rome and one in Avignon schism the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences breakup, detachment, separation coming apart 4v separate or cause to separate abruptly Syn|Hypo|Hyper bust, snap, tear lacerate cut or tear irregularly pull, rend, rip, rivetear or be torn violently rip up, shred, tear uptear into shreds teasetear into pieces disunite, divide, part, separate force, take, or pull apart |
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