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That incident was due to an “equipment” problem (a steel tube ruptured)—resulting in explosive vapors being released and ignited.

She suffered 10 broken bones, missing and broken teeth, a fractured rib, and a severely ruptured liver.

Section by section it has ruptured as though it were a pyric San Andreas fault line.

In 1988 during a sanctioned peaceful protest, she was so severely beaten by San Francisco police that her spleen ruptured.

These eventually ruptured, and she required a fourth surgery to fix them.

The gas stimulated his heart action to the point where a blood vessel was ruptured causing death.

The small muscles of both his arms were ruptured, and a subsequent attack of erysipelas put his life in jeopardy.

Aft of Stores, I heard the whistle of escaping air and high pressure gasses from ruptured lines.

I said something to him and then he ran the revolver right in here in my groin and he ruptured me at the same time.

This alliance was ruptured under circumstances that took place publicly, but the undercurrent of which has never been fathomed.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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