rupture

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rupture/ˈrʌptʃə(r)/

▶verb

• 1 break or burst suddenly.

  ■ cause to break or burst suddenly.

  ■ (be ruptured or rupture oneself) suffer an abdominal hernia.

• 2 breach or disturb (a harmonious situation).

▶noun

• 1 an instance of rupturing.

• 2 an abdominal hernia.

– origin ME: from OFr. rupture or L. ruptura, from rumpere ‘to break’.