Snohomish County has low cost public transportation through Community Transit, Everett Transit and service to the greater Seattle area through Metro Transit, Sound Transit and private lines to SeaTac.
rupture verb [I/T]. âº to âburst or âbreak, or to âcause something to âburst or âbreak: [I] High âwinds caused the âoil âtank to rupture. rupture noun [C] us /ËrÊpÂ·tÊÉr/ âº There is a rupture in âconfidence in âgovernment. noun [C] us /ËrÊpÂ·tÊÉr/.
Meaning of the rupt suffix/prefix. Rupt is better thought of as a word root than as a prefix or a suffix. It comes from Latin. Rumpere is a Latin stem meaning to break. From that comes the Latin ruptura, meaning fracture. As you noticed, these words are connected in that they all seem to describe something broken.