Synonyms of ruptures

ruptures 1 of 2

noun

plural of rupture

1

as in fractures

an opening caused by the sudden tearing or breaking of something

The earthquake created a rupture that spanned several miles.

Doctors identified a rupture in his aorta.

Related Words

• fractures
• fissures
• tears
• rifts
• cracks
• gaps
• slits
• splits
• ravines
• craters
• holes
• lacerations
• rips
• gashes
• incisions
• breaks
• crevices
• punctures
• slashes
• canyons
• breaches
• clefts
• openings
• rents
• cuts
• voids
• snags
• dents
• trenches
• caverns
• gouges
• cavities
• chasms
• notches
• crannies
• furrows
• grooves
• depressions
• vacuums
• ditches
• pits
• excavations
• abysses
• hollows
• chinks
• burrows
• caves
• wounds
• gorges
• injuries
• vacuities
• eruptions
• gutters
• troughs
• gullies
• concavities
• sinkholes
• checks
• gulfs
• bursts
• wells
• detonations
• indentations
• explosions
• potholes
• water holes
• abrasions
• gulches
• scratches
• boreholes
• outbursts
• perforations
• scrapes
• recesses
• scores
• rift valleys
• blasts
• dints
• pinholes
• glens
• dells
• indentures
• postholes
• punches
• blowups
• chuckholes
• pinpricks
• stabs
• combes
• wallows
• pricks
• kloofs
• dingles

Dissimilar Words

• repairs
• connections
• fillings
• unions
• closings
• mergers
• implosions
• consolidations
• couplings
• combinations
• junctions
• tumors
• unifications
• hills
• swellings
• swells
• rises
• bumps
• mounds
• sewings
• projections
• lumps
• bulges
• joinings
• pimples
• humps
• knittings
• protuberances
• protrusions
• bunches
• convexities
• juts
• cambers

2

as in rifts

the loss of good relations

The incident caused a diplomatic rupture between the two countries.

They've been working to mend the rupture in their relationship.

Related Words

• rifts
• schisms
• splits
• feuds
• disputes
• cleavages
• divorces
• divisions
• bifurcations
• breakups
• breaches
• antagonisms
• controversies
• hostilities
• misunderstandings
• alienations
• estrangements
• fractionations
• separations
• dissolutions
• severances
• partitions
• quarrels
• disunions
• animosities
• disaffections
• fractionalizations
• antipathies
• altercations
• jaundices
• brawls
• disgruntlements
• rancors
• embitterments
• disagreements
• fights
• squabbles
• imbroglios
• vendettas
• rows
• indignations
• wrangles
• spleens
• outrages
• contretemps
• spats
• rages
• bickers
• furies
• tiffs
• disillusionments
• cross fires
• disenchantments
• wraths
• arguments
• battles royal
• rhubarbs
• fallings-out
• ires
• furors
• scraps
• donnybrooks
• aggravations
• kickups
• hassles
• set-tos
• argle-bargles
• infuriations
• argy-bargies

Dissimilar Words

• endearments
• conciliations
• reconciliations
• pacifications
• agreements
• propitiations
• harmonies
• reconcilements
• appeasements
• ingratiations
• unions
• mollifications
• unifications
• fusions
• mergers
• consensuses
• accords
• integrations
• unanimities

ruptures

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of rupture

1

as in pulls

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

• fractures
• pulls
• rips
• breaks
• tears
• rifts
• rends
• punctures
• lacerates
• perforates
• gashes
• penetrates
• incises
• slashes
• cuts
• slits
• rives
• severs
• disintegrates
• notches
• dissolves
• decomposes
• segments
• bifurcates
• dissects
• disassembles
• fragments
• quarters
• cleaves
• breaks down
• splits
• bisects
• halves
• fractionates
• subdivides
• partitions
• disconnects
• detaches
• dichotomizes
• unravels
• disengages
• trisects
• divides
• disentangles
• fractionalizes
• ramifies
• unties
• divorces
• sunders
• disassociates
• dissociates
• parts
• separates
• resolves
• disunites
• fragmentizes
• disjoins
• fragmentates
• unlinks
• uncouples
• decouples
• breaks up
• disjoints
• dissevers
• unyokes

Dissimilar Words

• repairs
• fills
• heals
• closes
• seals
• sews
• plugs
• mends
• binds
• knits
• sutures
• accumulates
• attaches
• welds
• fuses
• stitches
• sticks
• patches
• fastens
• connects
• merges
• combines
• darns
• joins
• couples
• unites
• cements
• links
• agglutinates
• consolidates
• unifies

2

as in explodes

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

• explodes
• bursts
• breaks
• blows
• tears
• splits
• detonates
• rips
• cleaves
• rends
• shatters
• shreds
• fragments
• smashes
• cracks
• pops
• rives
• splinters
• severs
• sections
• blows up
• tatters
• goes off
• parts
• separates
• crumps
• breaks up
• mushrooms
• balloons
• burgeons
• unlinks
• snaps
• dissevers

Dissimilar Words

• collapses
• connects
• combines
• couples
• joins
• fuses
• unites
• implodes
• associates
• coalesces
• unifies
• marries
• links (up)
• conjoins
• knits
• mixes
• chains
• mates
• blends
• conjugates
• yokes
• assembles
• splices
• mingles
• compounds
• interfuses
• rejoins
• reconnects
• hitches
• recombines
• hooks
• reunites
• reunifies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ruptures

Noun

The final match of the South African leg was staged in Soweto, where the 1976 student uprising became one of the defining ruptures in the country’s apartheid history. — Daniel Gallan, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

The absence of an exchange leaves the reader fingering loose threads and, in the absence of plot, listening into tonal shifts and ruptures. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

This region was the location for the two biggest ruptures of the last few years, including a 17-million gallon leak in West Hollywood last week and a roughly 10-million gallon rupture that flooded Westwood and damaged parts of UCLA in 2014. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Here's what actually happens when a testicle ruptures, why doctors treat it as a surgical emergency, and what recovery typically looks like. — Angela Haupt, Time, 22 July 2026

Among the diverse international literatures grouped together under that heading, there are dozens of writers who reinvented literature to cope with ruptures of their own. — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

The autopsy and other testing revealed that the Wahls have a genetic mutation that predisposes them to aortic ruptures. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026

The ruptures happened along a boundary between the South American and Caribbean tectonic plates. — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 27 June 2026

Machine learning has identified systematic changes of microseismic activity that precedes large ruptures, and some studies of the physics of earthquakes have started to provide explanations of why that happens. — Sylvain Barbot, The Conversation, 26 June 2026

Verb

Freezing is a non-toxic, chemical-free way to kill pests at all life stages (eggs, larvae, and adults), by causing ice crystals to form inside insect cells, which ruptures them and kills the insect. — Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2026

Xi values engagement with the West when advantageous, unlike Putin, who readily ruptures international ties. — Frank Lavin, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Fiction also has the ability to show how language snaps under the weight of violence, how trauma ruptures the very meaning of words. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

Then, a scream ruptures the quiet. — Ashley Andreou, STAT, 22 June 2026

The boiling water creates intense thermal shock that instantly ruptures the plant's cell walls, melting its protective waxy coating and causing the foliage to collapse and dehydrate, effectively cooking the plant tissue. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 10 June 2026

If the plaque within one of the coronary arteries suddenly ruptures, a blood clot forms on its surface. — Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 28 Nov. 2025

And this collision is very intense, but full of life and disobedience, and ruptures morality. — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019