rupturing

verb

present participle of rupture
1
as in fracturing
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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2
as in exploding
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 rupturing Wide receiver Davante Adams will be out 6–10 weeks after rupturing his hamstring, head coach Sean McVay revealed following the shocking 18-16 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday at SoFi Stadium. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Cloé Lacasse, forward, Utah Royals Lacasse is playing her first full season for Utah after rupturing an ACL and spraining an MCL in 2024 and missing much of 2025. — Karan Lodha, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Things took a sharp turn the night before the finals, when Grey was hospitalized after rupturing a disc in her back. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2026 As an adult, she was also racked with severe pain as well as nausea, heavy periods, acne and rupturing ovarian cysts. — Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Ossai will be week-to-week after rupturing the plantar fascia in his foot against the Giants last Friday night. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026 Thompson, who is preparing for his 14th NBA season, is a different player at this point of his NBA career after tearing his ACL in 2019 and then rupturing his Achilles in 2020. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 Nevertheless, Corrales was left wondering last month if his recruiting channel was at risk of rupturing. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 27 Aug. 2026 Firefighters determined that lightning had struck an underground natural gas main near the tree, rupturing the gas line, and igniting the tree. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rupturing
  1. fracturing
  2. exploding
  3. pulling
  4. bursting
  5. breaking
  6. blowing
  7. ripping
  8. tearing
Verb
  • Michael Flynn was 28 and working towards earning his PHD in theoretical physics when the 30-foot-long dead tree limb fell over 27 feet onto him, fracturing his skull and changing his life forever.
    — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Apart from the group’s buy-in to doing the little things, its commitment to unselfish football keeps one of the most dynamic running games in the country from fracturing.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of fracturing
Verb
  • In August, a fire triggered by an exploding air conditioner killed 14 newborns in a nursery at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Why biomarker testing is exploding right now Patients want more control and faster answers.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of exploding
Verb
  • Reggie Tongue had a 7-yard fumble return for a touchdown that resulted in the Chargers pulling quarterback Erik Kramer from the game and replacing him with Jim Harbaugh, who is now the team’s current coach.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
  • That includes making your bed, folding clothes, even pulling on a sweatshirt, where your nails are at risk of getting caught and pulling.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of pulling
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  • When a bank of televisions showed horses bursting through the starting gate, feet stomped on the club’s carpet.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • And every few months, a bursting FedEx envelope from Baltimore would appear at my desk at PRH containing Professor Dixon’s typewritten chunks of new and unpublished writing.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of bursting
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  • Reporter covering breaking and trending news Jay-Z will headline the Super Bowl halftime show in February, the NFL announced Monday, putting the award-winning rapper into the spotlight seven years after his company started producing the event.
    — Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • That puts Adebayo just seven rebounds from breaking Udonis Haslem’s franchise record of 5,791 rebounds in a Heat uniform.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of breaking
Verb
  • The Pixel 10a can climb to a peak brightness of 3,000 nits, blowing rivals out of the water.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The umbrella was quickly rendered useless as the winds were blowing hard.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of blowing
Verb
  • Other aircraft may go on to fly for other airlines, with potential carriers ripping out Spirit's tight 28-inch seat pitch for something roomier.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, her attackers started ripping her gear off her body – her camera bag, her lenses, her pouch containing her American passport, credit cards, documents and other items.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of ripping
Verb
  • Matas Buzelis beat him to the punch, tearing the ball out of the air and jamming it back into the basket with a dunk.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Watkins, who won the AP Player of the Year as a sophomore after tearing her ACL in the NCAA Tournament, is raring to go after sitting out last year while recovering from the injury.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of tearing

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