RUPTURED Synonyms: 146 Similar and Opposite Words

ruptured

verb

past tense of rupture

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.

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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.

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Recent Examples of ruptured After initially having no issues during the early stages of her pregnancy, things changed when Hernandez's membranes ruptured, and her water broke at 18 weeks. —

Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026 Weakened by a brief-but-corrosive bath of sulfuric acid droplets during its plunge, the probe would’ve inevitably deformed and ruptured upon reaching the ground. —

Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 10 May 2026 Carter, who turns 18 this month, also ruptured his eardrums and shrapnel wounds riddle his body. —

Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026 James Maddison sustained the injury during pre-season in August, Wilson Odobert tore his ACL in February, while Radu Dragusin ruptured the ligament in February 2025. —

Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 Then, in August 2025, a valve ruptured at the plant, causing an explosion that killed two people and injured 10 others, with potential environmental effects still unfolding. —

Ava Dzurenda, STAT, 24 Apr. 2026 Further investigation showed that the baby had suffered a skull fracture, ruptured blood vessels in her eyes, brain bleeding and swelling. —

Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026 Potomac River sewage spill The lawsuit comes nearly four months after a 72-inch section of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line ruptured in mid-January near the C&O Canal National Historical Park in Montgomery County. —

Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026 According to the lawsuit, this bypass also ruptured at least four times in February. —

Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2026

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The early results confirm that British politics – once a two-way fight between the heavyweight Labour and Conservative parties – has fractured into a multi-party system, with the once-dominant parties now leaking votes to Reform, the progressive Liberal Democrats, and to the Greens.

— Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
In the end, Walmart’s system wasn’t broken; it was fractured by too many middlemen and too little accountability.

— Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 8 May 2026