rupturing

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rupturing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rupture \Rup"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruptured; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Rupturing.]
     1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a
        blood vessel.
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     2. To produce a hernia in.
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