Definition of "ruptures" [ruptures]

• Plural form of rupture. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rupture. (verb)

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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."
• "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."
• "Even the last of the ruptures was a big one ... and infrared light glared through it."