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- noun Plural form of
rupture . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
rupture .
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Examples
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They also can occur when the well bore ruptures, which is what happened at the Windsor Energy well here, a couple miles from the Montana line.
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First of all, they've had some idea that there have been -- there's been a link between this particular class of antibiotics and tendon ruptures, which is surprising to a lot of people.
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Even the last of the ruptures was a big one ... and infrared light glared through it.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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Even the last of the ruptures was a big one ... and infrared light glared through it.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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They also can occur when the well bore ruptures, which is what happened at the Windsor Energy well here, a couple miles from the Montana line.
The Seattle Times 2011
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They also can occur when the well bore ruptures, which is what happened at the Windsor Energy well here, a couple miles from the Montana line.
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They also can occur when the well bore ruptures, which is what happened at the Windsor Energy well here, a couple miles from the Montana line.
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They also can occur when the well bore ruptures, which is what happened at the Windsor Energy well here, a couple miles from the Montana line.
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Realizing that financial crashes are somewhat like market "ruptures," he became interested in studying market fluctuations.
The Professor Who Chases Financial Bubbles Eleanor Laise 2010
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Realizing that financial crashes are somewhat like market "ruptures," he became interested in studying market fluctuations.
The Professor Who Chases Financial Bubbles Eleanor Laise 2010
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January 28, 2011