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 Meanwhile, a necropsy performed on Echo determined that the timber wolf died of natural causes due to a mass that ruptured on her spleen, Emerick said. —

Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026 During middle school, severe stomach pain and nausea became so intense that she was sent to the emergency room, where doctors discovered a hemorrhagic ovarian cyst had ruptured. —

Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026 Because Kittle’s Achilles ruptured higher up the calf, his repair did not require holes being drilled into his heel. —

Cam Inman, Mercury News, 4 June 2026 The crash ruptured a natural gas line and temporarily evacuated several homes, but no other injuries were reported, police said. —

Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 4 June 2026 This quickly ruptured the first and then second stage of the rocket. —

Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026 Giovanni Leoni and Conor Bradley both suffered season-ending knee injuries, while 17-goal top scorer Hugo Ekitike ruptured his right Achilles tendon. —

James Pearce, New York Times, 1 June 2026 Nearly 240 million gallons of sewage spilled into the river and its tributaries during eight days after a 72-inch section of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line ruptured in mid-January. —

Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 1 June 2026 The explosion at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company in Longview, Washington, happened the morning of May 26 when a tank containing white liquor, used to make paper, ruptured, releasing hundreds of thousands of gallons of chemicals. —

Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 31 May 2026

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Judge, who fractured the same rib in a similar spot in 2019, also crashed hard into Yankee Stadium’s right field wall on a third-inning catch against Baltimore on May 3.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 5 June 2026
Nix fractured his ankle in January late in a postseason win against Buffalo and had surgery shortly after.

— Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 3 June 2026