Synonyms of ruptured

ruptured

verb

past tense of rupture

1

as in fractured

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

• fractured
• pulled
• ripped
• broke
• tore
• lacerated
• punctured
• rifted
• severed
• penetrated
• perforated
• gashed
• slashed
• slit
• incised
• disintegrated
• cut
• rent
• rived
• notched
• dissolved
• decomposed
• disassembled
• dissected
• bifurcated
• cleaved
• bisected
• broke down
• subdivided
• partitioned
• fractionated
• fragmented
• halved
• segmented
• split
• detached
• dichotomized
• disconnected
• quartered
• separated
• divided
• unraveled
• divorced
• sundered
• disengaged
• resolved
• untied
• disentangled
• fractionalized
• dissociated
• trisected
• disassociated
• disjoined
• ramified
• fragmentated
• fragmentized
• disjointed
• decoupled
• uncoupled
• disunited
• parted
• broke up
• dissevered
• unlinked
• unyoked

Dissimilar Words

• filled
• repaired
• closed
• sealed
• healed
• attached
• plugged
• sewed
• bound
• mended
• welded
• cemented
• sutured
• knit
• stuck
• fused
• accumulated
• patched
• fastened
• stitched
• connected
• combined
• linked
• joined
• coupled
• merged
• darned
• united
• consolidated
• agglutinated
• unified

2

as in exploded

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

• exploded
• burst
• blew
• broke
• tore
• detonated
• ripped
• split
• shattered
• cleaved
• shredded
• smashed
• cracked
• tattered
• popped
• severed
• fragmented
• splintered
• separated
• rent
• went off
• blew up
• crumped
• rived
• sectioned
• ballooned
• parted
• broke up
• dissevered
• snapped
• mushroomed
• unlinked
• burgeoned

Dissimilar Words

• collapsed
• connected
• combined
• associated
• fused
• coupled
• joined
• imploded
• married
• united
• conjoined
• coalesced
• linked (up)
• unified
• mixed
• knit
• mated
• conjugated
• assembled
• blended
• mingled
• compounded
• spliced
• interfused
• rejoined
• reunited
• hooked
• chained
• hitched
• yoked
• reconnected
• recombined
• reunified

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ruptured

Medical experts at the time suspected her death was caused by a brain abnormality that ruptured because of the intensity of the ride. — Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

Rico Henry ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in September 2023 and a month later Aaron Hickey suffered a hamstring injury. — Jay Harris, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

An underground water pipe ruptured in Tokyo’s eastern ward of Koto, with water pouring onto the road, NHK video showed. — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

An underground water pipe ruptured in Tokyo’s eastern ward of Koto, with water pouring onto the road, NHK footage showed. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

The Superaqueduct, a large, aging pipe system that carries water to the metro area, also ruptured in June, severely reducing water supplies. — Ivis García, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

In an era where AI music generation has ruptured the music industry, a social-forward music remixing app is aiming to stand out among the rest — with the help of one of the major labels. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

Ceuta resident Mohamed Abdelatif, 21, said the border rush had ruptured the city’s peace. — Suman Naishadham, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026

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