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

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

In 2016, a multifault event — the Kaikōura earthquake in New Zealand — took people by surprise, says Goldfinger, and changed scientists' understanding of how interconnected faults can trigger multiple ruptures. — Katia Riddle, NPR, 25 June 2026

Though earthquakes can cause dramatic ground movement — tearing ruptures in land and moving larger areas by several inches — such movement is typically more localized than the country-long seismic event detected by Park and her colleagues. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 23 June 2026

The infection becomes dangerous when a cyst ruptures — most often due to trauma — and may even lead to death if cyst fluid is released into the body. — Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026

Verb

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

The heat ruptures the cell walls in the leaves, causing desiccation and ultimately killing the weed. — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 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