ˈruptive, a. rare.
[f. L. rupt- (cf. next) + -ive.]
Causing, or tending to cause, breaking.
| c 1425 tr. Arderne's Surgery (E.E.T.S.) 83 Witte þou þat auripigment is desiccatyue,..ruptyue and cauteriatyue. |
| a 1890 Engineer LXIX. 492 (Cent.), The action of a torsional ruptive force on rounding curves. |