Rupture
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The term '''rupture''' describes various sorts of breaking in a number of fields.
* [[Rupture (engineering)]], a failure mode
* [[Steam rupture]], a rupture in a nuclear power plant (such as pressurized water reactors and boiling water reactors) when the temperature of the nuclear reactor reaches a certain level too quickly
* [[Rupture of membranes]], a term used during pregnancy of the reproductive female to describe a rupture of membranes <!-- circular sentence taken from Rupture of Membranes. Needs rewrite -->
* A premature rupture of membranes ([[PROM]]), a rupture that occurs prior to labour in childbirth
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