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rupture
Synonyms and Antonyms of rupture
- The earthquake created a rupture that spanned several miles.
- Doctors identified a rupture in his aorta.
break, crack, fissure, fracture, rift, split, tear
cut, gash, incision, laceration, notch, rent, rip, slash, slit
check, chink, cleft, cranny, crevice
abyss, chasm, gulf, vacuity, vacuum, void
burrow, cave, cavern, ditch, excavation, furrow, gutter, trench, trough
cavity, concavity, dent, depression, dint, hole, indentation, indenture, pit, recess
canyon (also cañon), combe (also coombe) [British], dell, dingle, glen, gorge, gulch, gully (also gulley), kloof [South African], ravine, rift valley
borehole, chuckhole, crater, posthole, pothole, sinkhole, wallow, water hole, well
blast, blowup, burst, bursting, detonation, eruption, explosion, outburst
abrasion, score, scrape, scratch
perforation, pinhole, pinprick, prick, punch, puncture, stab
closing, darning, filling, healing, knitting, mending, repair, patching, plugging, sealing, sewing, stitching, suturing
combination, combining, connecting, connection, consolidation, coupling, joining, junction, linking, merger, merging, unification, union, uniting
bump, bunch, hump, lump, pimple, swell, swelling, tumor
bulge, camber, convexity, jut, projection, protrusion, protuberance
- The incident caused a diplomatic rupture between the two countries.
- They've been working to mend the rupture in their relationship.
bifurcation, breach, breakup, cleavage, dissolution, disunion, division, divorce, fractionalization, fractionation, partition, rift, schism, separation, severance, split, sundering
alienation, disaffection, disgruntlement, estrangement, souring
antagonism, embitterment, envenoming
animosity, antipathy, bitterness, hostility, jaundice, rancor
altercation, argle-bargle [chiefly British], argument, argy-bargy [chiefly British], battle royal, bicker, brawl, contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, falling-out, fight, hassle, imbroglio, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, rhubarb, row, scrap, set-to, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
aggravation, furor, fury, incensing, indignation, infuriation, ire, outrage, rage, spleen, wrath
rupture
Synonyms and Antonyms of rupture
- She was out for the rest of the season after she ruptured a tendon.
break, fracture, pull, rend, rift, rip, rive, tear
cut, gash, incise, lacerate, notch, slash, slit
penetrate, perforate, puncture
break down, decompose, disassemble, disintegrate, dissolve
bifurcate, bisect, cleave, dichotomize, dissect, fractionalize, fractionate, halve, partition, quarter, segment, subdivide, trisect
fragment, fragmentate, fragmentize
detach, disengage, disentangle, unravel, untie
break up, decouple, disassociate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, part, ramify, resolve, separate, sever, split, sunder, uncouple, unlink, unyoke
- 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.
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