rupture
/ˈɹʌpt͡ʃɚ/ noun C1- A burst, split, or break.
- A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
- A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
- A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.
Plural ruptures
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I really am quite ashamed to have been the cause of your undergoing such severe self-examination; let us drop the subject, and adopt the middle course of delay, which implies neither a rupture nor an engagement.
“Because the rupture or fulfilment of this engagement is connected with the person of whom we were speaking.”
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