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

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

Starting left tackle Ickey Ekwonu ruptured his patellar tendon in the final game of last season and will start training camp on the Physically Unable to Perform list. — Alex Zietlow july 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026

Indianapolis Colts Had Daniel Jones not ruptured his Achilles tendon in Week 14, Shane Steichen’s squad very well may have contended for the top seed in the AFC. — Mike Jones, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Less than eight months after his right Achilles ruptured in a wild-card playoff win at Philadelphia, Kittle can take aim at playing in the 49ers’ season opener against the Rams in Melbourne, Australia. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 19 July 2026

When the trunk line ruptured early Thursday morning, millions of gallons of water gushed down Holloway Drive, inundating businesses and flooding underground parking garages. — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026

Doctors diagnosed him with a cavernous angioma, a large lesion in his brain stem consisting of two components, one of which had ruptured and was bleeding into his brain. — Mary Ella Hastings updated July 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026

Neutron's timeline suffered another blow in January, when the main stage tank ruptured during a pressure test taking place at the company's Wallops, Virginia, launch facility. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 July 2026

The 58-year-old underwent a three-hour surgery to remove her breast implants after one ruptured. — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026