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 Watson hasn't appeared in an NFL game since rupturing his Achilles in October 2024. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 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 Slater had his left knee surgically repaired after rupturing his patellar tendon last August. — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Putin, on the other hand, has no problem rupturing his trade relations, and with them international investment and other forms of connectivity. — Frank Lavin, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Previous flights ended with the spacecraft engulfed in flames and exploding at splashdown — or rupturing in midair. — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 25 July 2026 Previous flights ended with the spacecraft engulfed in flames and exploding at splashdown -- or rupturing in midair. — Arkansas Online, 24 July 2026 One fault rupturing could prompt a nearby fault — almost already to rupture — to go off in a quake. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rupturing
  1. fracturing
  2. exploding
  3. pulling
  4. bursting
  5. breaking
  6. blowing
  7. ripping
  8. tearing
Verb
  • Miller has been accused by Emily Moreno of throwing hot water from a skillet at her body, holding a gun to her head, and fracturing their daughter’s collarbone.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026
  • On the east side, the dam was build atop an ancient landslide of mica schist, a type of rock vulnerable to fracturing that would allow moisture to seep inside.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of fracturing
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  • Those reforms led to huge reduction in poverty, an exploding middle class and a scramble by foreign companies to access the lucrative Chinese market.
    — CNN Staff, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Tremont fire comes just days after an exploding Tesla in Seattle sent two firefighters to the hospital.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of exploding
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  • Rescue crews were able to save lives in their response by pulling an elderly woman out of a tree when her house washed away, Green said.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Valencia led off the fourth inning with his sixth home run in 50 career at-bats, pulling the Tigers within a run.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of pulling
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  • The wealth of the richest Americans has torqued upward, bursting through the top of the graph, with no end in sight, completely untethered from the rest of the United States.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Murphy has built an empire by keeping a full-to-bursting pipeline of shows and returning to certain creative wells.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of bursting
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  • During a 2024 ground-breaking ceremony for the bridge, city and state leaders called it a key link connecting JOST trails with the coastal trail network, the Santa Ana Mountains, and the Cleveland National Forest.
    — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Following a decade of breaking new ground and inspiring a generation of African referees, an appearance on the biggest stage of all – the World Cup – was set to be the high point of his still burgeoning officiating career.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of breaking
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  • City leaders have accused Lineage, whose warehouse in Boyle Heights was destroyed by fire, of blowing past the city’s 45-day deadline for removing millions of pounds of rotting food from its property.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Inequality has accelerated at an ever-growing pace, blowing past that of any previous eras, including the Gilded Age.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of blowing
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  • The enterprises getting this right are not ripping out their suites.
    — Neerav Vyas, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Henry County officials are also investigating a possible tornado that moved through New Castle, Indiana, on Wednesday, toppling trees and ripping the roof off a commercial building.
    — Michelle Simmons, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of ripping
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  • Kittle, seven weeks since tearing his right Achilles in a wild-card playoff win at Philadelphia, was seen conditioning with vigor and impressive agility on a side field earlier this week.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • He was limited to playing seven games last season before tearing a knee ligament.
    — Maura Carey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
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