n 1  :  the tearing apart of a tissue < of the heart muscle>  < of an intervertebral disk>   2  :  HERNIA
vb, rup*tured  rup*tur*ing  vt  :  to produce a rupture in < an eardrum>  vi  :  to have or undergo a rupture .
 
 
 
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