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rupture - a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" |
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breach,
break,
severance,
rift |
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breakup,
detachment,
separation the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
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schism division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"
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rupture - state of being torn or burst open |
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trauma,
harm,
hurt,
injury an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects
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hernia,
herniation rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes
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herniated disc,
ruptured intervertebral disc,
slipped disc a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
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rupture - the act of making a sudden noisy break |
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breaking,
breakage,
break the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"
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