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 fill-in starting right guard was in the midst of his most impressive stretch as a pro when his right Achilles ruptured in the Panthers’ blowout loss. — Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026

Residents said the latest delay is especially frustrating because the pool also remained closed for much of last summer after a water line ruptured while it was being filled. — Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 2 July 2026

The explosions ruptured the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which was Russia’s main natural gas supply route to Germany until Moscow cut off supplies in August 2022. — ABC News, 2 July 2026

In 1857, the southern stretch of the San Andreas fault ruptured, resulting in the Fort Tejon earthquake, one of the largest in the state's history. — New Atlas, 28 June 2026

There have been earthquakes of this magnitude in the past that ruptured different segments of very long faults, creating the appearance of two different earthquakes but that were actually ruptures from the same event. — Sylvain Barbot, The Conversation, 26 June 2026

While filming Jackass Forever, McGhehey ruptured a testicle after convincing costar Dave England to jump on his groin with a pogo stick. — Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026

Satellite data, which should be available in the coming days, may reveal the fault movements and offer more clues about the faults that were ruptured. — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 25 June 2026

The first time was during the 2024 playoffs, when Finch ruptured his patellar tendon during Game 4 of a first-round series against the Phoenix Suns. — Jason Quick, New York Times, 23 June 2026