rupture
Example Sentences
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Their analysis suggested the earthquake rupture extended farther south than previously thought and stretched about 400 kilometers -- significantly longer than the 300 kilometers estimated by other models.
From Science Daily
To both father and son, technological revolution is less a rupture than a recurrence.
It ruptured at a depth of about 125 kilometers beneath the surface, inside the subducting tectonic plate itself.
From Science Daily
“A Complete Unknown” shrank the frame, capturing Dylan’s emergence as a folk singer and subsequent rupture with the scene that made him a star.
Los Angeles County firefighters responded to a gas line rupture in Castaic on Saturday, which prompted the CHP to close a portion of the 5 Freeway.
From Los Angeles Times
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