disrupture

He feels that the future of the greatest republic in existence depends on settling this question now and forever, and that if it be left to the chances of war to settle itself, there is imminent danger that even a victory may not prevent a disrupture of the Union.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

They may dislike the disrupture of old family ties and connections, and cling fondly to the traditions and associations of their youth.

The Corporation of London, Its Rights and Privileges William Ferneley Allen

Justice which, barely completed, is already showing signs of disrupture; it will cheerfully vote _ (vide_ daily press) the small item of eighty thousand francs to supply that institution with pens and ink -- lucky contractor!

Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910

With the heat, with every shower of rain, with every breath of wind, the earth crumbles away; there is an eternal trickling, day and night, until some huge boulder is exposed which crashes down, loosening everything in its wild career; a single tempest may disrupture what the patience and ingenuity of years have contrived.

Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910

The piles of rock on each hand, but particularly on the Shenandoah, the evident marks of their disrupture and avulsion from their beds by the most powerful agents of nature, corroborate the impression.

Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Louise Manly 1896

Some cataclysmal upheaval would seem to account for such disrupture rather than the infinitely slow processes suggested by geological history.

The Roof of France Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

Churchmen the Free Church was established by disrupture from the

Studies in Literature and History Alfred Comyn Lyall 1873

There had also occurred one of those strange compensations that wait on Death or disrupture by catastrophe: such as the rude shaking down of an unsettled life, the forcible realization of what were vague speculations, the breaking of old habits and traditions, and the unloosing of half-conscious bonds.

Susy, a story of the Plains Bret Harte 1869

Shenandoah, the evident marks of their disrupture and avulsion from their beds by the most powerful agents of nature, corroborate the impression.

Notes on the State of Virginia 1853

He did not at all refer to what had taken place at Richmond, or allude in any way to the nature of the cause which had produced this sudden disrupture.

The Bertrams Anthony Trollope 1848