rupturing

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.To produce a hernia in. [1913 Webster]

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