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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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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
One fault rupturing could prompt a nearby fault — almost already to rupture — to go off in a quake.
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Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Such a major quake starts at one location and propagates along the fault, rupturing different parts at different times.
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Kasha Patel,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
Jones, 29, is just over six months removed from rupturing his right Achilles last December.
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James Boyd,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
The team identified that the 1857 earthquake was an example of the former, while an 1812 event was an example of the latter, rupturing across both fault systems.
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Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
10 June 2026
An 18-year-old man who crashed into a Northglenn home last week, rupturing a gas line and killing his passenger, has been charged with vehicular homicide, prosecutors announced Thursday.
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Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
Sharpshooting guard Donte DiVicenzo will not return to the playoffs after rupturing an Achilles tendon in Game 4 against the Nuggets.
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Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
3 May 2026
In his first start since rupturing his left Achilles while pitching for the Mets in June, Canning allowed a run in five innings and departed with the Padres up 3-1.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 May 2026
Since rupturing his Achilles, the Cleveland Browns have drafted three quarterbacks, including Shedeur Sanders, who took the reins to close the 2025 season after Dillon Gabriel, who started after Joe Flacco was traded, suffered a concussion.
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Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Such a major quake starts at one location and propagates along the fault, rupturing different parts at different times.
—
Kasha Patel,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
Jones, 29, is just over six months removed from rupturing his right Achilles last December.
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James Boyd,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
The team identified that the 1857 earthquake was an example of the former, while an 1812 event was an example of the latter, rupturing across both fault systems.
—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
10 June 2026
An 18-year-old man who crashed into a Northglenn home last week, rupturing a gas line and killing his passenger, has been charged with vehicular homicide, prosecutors announced Thursday.
—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
Sharpshooting guard Donte DiVicenzo will not return to the playoffs after rupturing an Achilles tendon in Game 4 against the Nuggets.
—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
3 May 2026
In his first start since rupturing his left Achilles while pitching for the Mets in June, Canning allowed a run in five innings and departed with the Padres up 3-1.
—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 May 2026
Since rupturing his Achilles, the Cleveland Browns have drafted three quarterbacks, including Shedeur Sanders, who took the reins to close the 2025 season after Dillon Gabriel, who started after Joe Flacco was traded, suffered a concussion.
—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rupturing
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Together, that has strained its finances and politics, with Britain’s historical two-party system fracturing into a patchwork of increasingly tribal alliances and factions.
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In an era where consumer trends ignite and burn out within weeks, retail brands are demanding partners who can execute complex, multi-city environmental transformations at lightning speed without fracturing the core visual identity of the brand.
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True to its name, Swift is designed to pivot quickly to capture late-breaking astronomical events such as gamma ray bursts and exploding stars.
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Old Herald clippings from 1986 reported about homeowners’ toilets and sinks smelling like gas, a 3-year-old getting rashes and fevers from drinking the well water and fear of dryers exploding.
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Workers were dispatched throughout La Guaira and parts of Caracas, where families and volunteers have spent the last few days pulling survivors and bodies from the wreckage despite a lack of heavy equipment and limited guidance from authorities.
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Rescuers have fanned out across La Guaira, where the worst destruction occurred, and parts of Caracas, where families and volunteers have spent days pulling survivors and victims from the rubble.
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Join hundreds of boats and hundreds more tourists on the riverwalk to catch the bombs bursting in air.
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The Kings’ defense corps was once its bedrock, bursting with depth, quality and the ability to convert a home-plate mentality into counterattacking opportunities.
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Dennis Romero Dennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
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In 2012, most estimates were that breaking a 2048-bit RSA key would require a billion physical qubits.
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Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris.
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Royce Lewis slipped an RBI single up the middle in the 10th inning and the Minnesota Twins beat the Colorado Rockies 9-8 on Friday night after blowing a seven-run lead.
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The game was mostly notable for its physicality as referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio allowed both teams to batter each other, with blood flowing and shirts ripping.
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On Thursday morning, one of the two landlord representatives, Christina Smyth, resigned, ripping the rent freeze as a predetermined conclusion the board had worked to justify.
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Start with a glass or fine-grit nail file for shaping without tearing the layers of the nail, and a buffer block to lightly smooth the surface.
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That’s the only way to navigate explosive change without tearing ourselves apart.
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“Rupturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rupturing. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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