Both Uses of
rupture
in
Unbroken - adapted for young adults
- Told to draw the radar system, Louie drew an imaginary system so elaborate, it was later written, it resembled "a ruptured octopus."†
p. 141.8 *
- He beat POWs every day, fracturing their windpipes, rupturing their eardrums, shattering their teeth, tearing one man's ear half off, tying another to a tree for days.†
p. 174.1
Definition:
to burst, break, or tear; or the resultant damage -- can also be non-physical as in damaging a relationship or logical argument