Definition of rupturing:
(n) :
A burst, split, or break.
(n) :
A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
(n) :
(medicine) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
(v) :
(ambitransitive) To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
(n) :
(engineering) A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.
(v) :
(botany, intransitive) To dehisce irregularly.