breach+rupture
41Modulus of rupture — Rupture Rup ture (?; 135), n. [L. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum to break: cf. F. rupture. See {Reave}, and cf. {Rout} a defeat.] 1. The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the… …
42Epistemological rupture — The notion of epistemological rupture was introduced by Gaston Bachelard.Fact|date=February 2007 He proposed that the history of science is replete with epistemological obstacles or unthought/unconscious structures that were immanent within the… …
43break — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. interruption, disconnection; breach, fracture, fissure, crack; pause; boon, advantage. v. crack, fracture, shatter; tame, subdue; change; train; surpass; violate, infringe. See brittleness,… …
44rift — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. crack, cleft, crevice, fissure; schism, breach. See interval. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An opening caused by splitting] Syn. fissure, cleft, split, crack; see break 1 , fracture 2 , hole 1 . 2. [A break… …
45alienation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. estrangement, disaffection, withdrawal, isolation, separation, deflection, variance, coolness, breach, rupture, falling out, weaning away, disengagement, division. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. estrangement, distance,… …
46quarrel — I. n. 1. Brawl, feud, affray, fray, tumult, contention, altercation, tiff, misunderstanding, wrangle, contest, squabble, broil, jar, breach, rupture, dispute, difference, disagreement, dissension, bickering, quarrelling, strife, breeze, falling… …
47rip — v 1. tear, rend, tear apart, put asunder, shred; cut, slit, slash, lacerate; rupture, separate, sever, dissever, cleave; split, rive, divide, halve, cut in two, quarter; hack, gash, gore, score. 2. tear off, pull off, detach, remove, unfix,… …
48split — v 1. divide, separate, break, break up, part, disjoin, disjoint, break asunder; rive, halve, bisect, cut in two, partition, dichotomize, Obs. dimidiate; sever, dissever, rend, abscind, sunder; dissect, anatomize, divorce, disband, go separate… …
49tear — I n 1. teardrop, drop, droplet, bead, globule. v 2.(all of the eyes) water, well or fill up with tears, get moist or dewy or teary; secrete tears, shed tears, weep, gush, overflow. II v 1. rip, rend, reave, rive, pull apart; shred, rip or pull to …
50Ruption — Rup tion, n. [L. ruptio, fr. rumpere, ruptum, to break.] A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture. By ruption or apertion. Wiseman. [1913 Webster] …
