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Word entry · 7 letters

rupture

Best crossword clue

"Sudden break"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹʌpt͡ʃəː/Part of speech noun, verbSorted eprrtuuStarts with REnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of making a sudden noisy break

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French rupture, or its source, Latin ruptūra (“a breaking, rupture (of a limb or vein)”) and Medieval Latin ruptūra (“a road, a field, a form of feudal tenure, a tax, etc.”), from the participle stem of rumpere (“to break, burst”). Doublet of roture.

Used in a sentence

  • Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed / Their callow young.
  • He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.
  • Thus a war was kindled with Lubec; Denmark took part with the king's enemies, and made use of a frivolous pretence, which demonstrated the inclination of his Danish majesty to come to a rupture.

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