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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rupture \Rup"ture\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Ruptured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rupturing}.]
1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
2. To produce a hernia in.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ruptured \Rup"tured\ (?; 135), adjective (Med.) Having a rupture, or hernia.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ruptured
adjective: suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure ('busted' is an informal term for 'burst'); "a burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst seams"; "a ruptured appendix"; "a busted balloon" [syn: {burst}, {busted}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "ruptured": aggravated, broken, burned, burst, busted, checked, chipped, cracked, crazed, cut, damaged, deteriorated, embittered, exacerbated, harmed, hurt, impaired, imperfect, in bits, in pieces, in shards, injured, irritated, lacerated, mangled, mutilated, rent, scalded, scorched, shattered, slashed, slit, smashed, split, sprung, the worse for, torn, weakened, worse, worse off, worsened
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