Synonyms of rupture

rupture 1 of 2

noun

1

as in fracture

an opening caused by the sudden tearing or breaking of something

The earthquake created a rupture that spanned several miles.

Doctors identified a rupture in his aorta.

Related Words

• fracture
• fissure
• rift
• tear
• crack
• gap
• slit
• split
• crater
• ravine
• incision
• laceration
• gash
• breach
• puncture
• hole
• opening
• canyon
• slash
• break
• crevice
• cleft
• rent
• vacuum
• trench
• cavity
• cut
• dent
• rip
• void
• cavern
• notch
• excavation
• snag
• chasm
• gouge
• furrow
• ditch
• pit
• groove
• abyss
• cave
• gulf
• hollow
• depression
• bursting
• wound
• burrow
• chink
• injury
• gorge
• gutter
• detonation
• trough
• cranny
• burst
• explosion
• eruption
• concavity
• vacuity
• check
• borehole
• dint
• indentation
• gully
• abrasion
• water hole
• perforation
• gulch
• rift valley
• scratch
• sinkhole
• well
• recess
• blast
• outburst
• dell
• score
• indenture
• pinhole
• pothole
• glen
• blowup
• chuckhole
• combe
• scrape
• stab
• prick
• posthole
• punch
• wallow
• kloof
• dingle
• pinprick

Dissimilar Words

• repair
• healing
• closing
• union
• filling
• sealing
• connection
• implosion
• consolidation
• junction
• merger
• combination
• unification
• coupling
• sewing
• connecting
• joining
• combining
• stitching
• merging
• rise
• knitting
• linking
• tumor
• swelling
• suturing
• hill
• mending
• patching
• swell
• plugging
• mound
• bump
• lump
• projection
• darning
• bulge
• uniting
• protrusion
• hump
• bunch
• convexity
• pimple
• protuberance
• camber
• jut

2

as in rift

the loss of good relations

The incident caused a diplomatic rupture between the two countries.

They've been working to mend the rupture in their relationship.

Related Words

• rift
• schism
• split
• feud
• dispute
• breakup
• bifurcation
• breach
• divorce
• cleavage
• sundering
• dissolution
• division
• fractionalization
• disunion
• alienation
• misunderstanding
• fractionation
• severance
• controversy
• disaffection
• estrangement
• partition
• separation
• hostility
• antagonism
• souring
• quarrel
• embitterment
• animosity
• disgruntlement
• altercation
• brawl
• jaundice
• antipathy
• rancor
• row
• envenoming
• falling-out
• bitterness
• imbroglio
• cross fire
• spat
• battle royal
• vendetta
• disagreement
• squabble
• contretemps
• spleen
• fight
• set-to
• tiff
• indignation
• argument
• wrath
• rhubarb
• disillusionment
• outrage
• wrangle
• disenchantment
• fury
• aggravation
• bicker
• donnybrook
• scrap
• ire
• rage
• argle-bargle
• infuriation
• furor
• kickup
• hassle
• incensing
• argy-bargy

Dissimilar Words

• conciliation
• reconciliation
• pacification
• agreement
• union
• harmony
• consensus
• appeasement
• ingratiation
• unification
• fusion
• endearment
• unanimity
• mollification
• integration
• accord
• merger
• reconcilement
• merging
• propitiation
• coalescing

rupture

2 of 2

verb

1

as in to fracture

to cause to develop a hole, crack, or tear often in a sudden and forceful or violent way

She was out for the rest of the season after she ruptured a tendon.

Related Words

• fracture
• pull
• break
• rip
• tear
• rift
• rend
• puncture
• lacerate
• perforate
• gash
• slit
• rive
• penetrate
• sever
• slash
• cut
• incise
• disintegrate
• dissolve
• notch
• decompose
• fragment
• bifurcate
• break down
• segment
• disassemble
• cleave
• quarter
• partition
• dissect
• subdivide
• halve
• fractionate
• dichotomize
• split
• bisect
• detach
• fractionalize
• disconnect
• disengage
• unravel
• trisect
• divide
• resolve
• ramify
• disentangle
• divorce
• dissociate
• untie
• disunite
• disassociate
• fragmentize
• separate
• fragmentate
• part
• disjoin
• dissever
• break up
• sunder
• disjoint
• decouple
• uncouple
• unlink
• unyoke

Dissimilar Words

• repair
• fill
• patch
• heal
• close
• seal
• sew
• plug
• knit
• bind
• mend
• attach
• suture
• fuse
• accumulate
• weld
• stick
• stitch
• fasten
• join
• cement
• connect
• darn
• merge
• combine
• couple
• consolidate
• link
• unite
• agglutinate
• unify

2

as in to burst

to develop a hole, crack, or tear often in a sudden and forceful or violent way

The pipeline ruptured, leaking thousands of gallons of oil.

The fault could rupture during the next major earthquake.

High blood pressure caused the blood vessels to rupture.

Related Words

• burst
• explode
• blow
• break
• tear
• detonate
• split
• rip
• cleave
• shatter
• rend
• fragment
• smash
• shred
• rive
• pop
• crack
• splinter
• blow up
• go off
• sever
• crump
• section
• tatter
• separate
• part
• break up
• balloon
• dissever
• snap
• mushroom
• unlink
• burgeon

Dissimilar Words

• collapse
• implode
• connect
• combine
• fuse
• join
• couple
• coalesce
• unite
• marry
• link (up)
• unify
• knit
• associate
• conjugate
• mix
• mate
• blend
• yoke
• assemble
• conjoin
• mingle
• compound
• splice
• interfuse
• chain
• rejoin
• reconnect
• hitch
• hook
• reunite
• recombine
• reunify

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rupture

Noun

Yet a rupture with the United States, doomed to a long night of Trumpism, seems unlikely, to say nothing of a future of European self-reliance. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

Senegal 's president formally launched his own political party Saturday, cementing his rupture with former ally Ousmane Sonko, the head of the ruling Pastef party, and setting up a power struggle during a major debt crisis. — ABC News, 25 July 2026

Verb

The tight plastic handcuffs caused numbness in her dominant hand that persisted for weeks, documents said, and tests showed that the handcuffs ruptured at least one ligament in her wrist. — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 29 July 2026

Xi values engagement with the West when advantageous, unlike Putin, who readily ruptures international ties. — Frank Lavin, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026