RUPTURE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for RUPTURE?

Need another word that means the same as “rupture”? Find 32 synonyms and 30 related words for “rupture” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Rupture” are: bust, snap, tear, break, fracture, crack, breach, sever, cut off, break off, disrupt, rift, severance, breaking, breakage, cracking, cleavage, shattering, fragmentation, splintering, splitting, separation, bursting, disintegration, hernia, estrangement, split, parting, division, alienation

Rupture as a Noun

Definitions of "Rupture" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “rupture” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• State of being torn or burst open.
• A breach of a harmonious relationship.
• A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions.
• The act of making a sudden noisy break.
• An abdominal hernia.
• An instance of breaking or bursting suddenly and completely.

Synonyms of "Rupture" as a noun (21 Words)

alienation	The state or experience of being alienated. The power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership.
breach	An opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification. A widening breach between government and Church.
break	The act of breaking something. A weekend break in the Cotswolds.
breakage	The act of breaking something. The breakage was unavoidable.
breaking	The act of breaking something.
bursting	The act of exploding or bursting.
cleavage	Cell division, especially of a fertilized egg cell. She wore a dress that exposed an inch or two of cleavage.
cracking	The act of cracking something. He heard the cracking of the ice.
disintegration	The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation. The twin problems of economic failure and social disintegration.
division	Biology a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category. A licensing division of a district.
estrangement	Separation resulting from hostility. A parent s rights in the event of divorce or estrangement.
fragmentation	(computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk. Fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file.
hernia	Rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes. A hernia operation.
parting	The act of departing politely. The parting of the Red Sea.
rift	A major fault separating blocks of the earth s surface a rift valley. The sun shone through a rift in the clouds.
separation	The state in which a couple remain married but live apart. The separation of wheat from chaff.
severance	The action of ending a connection or relationship. A complete severance of links with the Republic.
shattering	The act of breaking something into small pieces.
splintering	The act of chipping something.
split	An instance or act of splitting or being split a division. Light squeezed through a small split in the curtain.
splitting	The action of dividing or being divided into parts. The splitting of assets between former spouses.

Usage Examples of "Rupture" as a noun

• The rupture with his father would never be healed.
• A small hairline crack could develop into a rupture.
• The patient died after rupture of an aneurysm.

Rupture as a Verb

Definitions of "Rupture" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “rupture” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• (especially of a pipe or container, or bodily part such as an organ or membrane) break or burst suddenly.
• Suffer an abdominal hernia.
• Cause to break or burst suddenly.
• Breach or disturb (a harmonious feeling or situation.
• Separate or cause to separate abruptly.

Synonyms of "Rupture" as a verb (11 Words)

breach	Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises. These outside bodies are bootlegging albums and breaching copyright.
break	Break a piece from a whole. The book dealer would not break the set.
break off	Fracture a bone of nicecutisours.
bust	Break open or apart suddenly and forcefully. He busted my radio.
cut off	Cut off the testicles of male animals such as horses.
disrupt	Make a break in. Our 3D printing technology is disrupting the traditional manufacturing industry.
fracture	Become fractured. Fracture the balance of power.
sever	Put an end to (a connection or relationship); break off. The head was severed from the body.
snap	Take a snapshot of. He snapped indignantly.
tear	Fill with tears or shed tears. Her eyes were tearing.

Usage Examples of "Rupture" as a verb

• The impact ruptured both fuel tanks.
• If the main artery ruptures he could die.
• One of the boys was ruptured and needed to be fitted with a truss.
• Once trust and confidence has been ruptured it can be difficult to regain.

Associations of "Rupture" (30 Words)

appendix	A tube shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals In humans the appendix is small and has no known function but in rabbits hares and some other herbivores it is involved in the digestion of cellulose. A list of such activities was published as an appendix to the report.
breach	A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions. These outside bodies are bootlegging albums and breaching copyright.
break	Undergo breaking. Break an alibi.
broken	Out of working order busted is an informal substitute for broken. His broken spirit.
burst	Burst outward usually with noise. Sophie burst out laughing.
bust	A woman’s breasts, especially considered in terms of their size. A 36 inch bust.
cleavage	(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum. All the cells divide synchronously for the first 12 cleavages.
cleave	Make a way through (something) forcefully, as if by splitting it apart. The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock.
cleft	Having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib. He had a cleft chin and strong jaw.
cracked	Damaged and showing lines on the surface from having split without coming apart. You must think my family are cracked.
dismantle	Tear down so as to make flat with the ground. The old regime was dismantled.
divisible	(of a number) containing another number a number of times without a remainder. The Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible.
effusion	An instance of giving off something such as a liquid or gas. Middle ear effusions.
eruption	A spot, rash, or other mark appearing suddenly on the skin. A sudden eruption of street violence.
fissure	Break into fissures or fine cracks. The bacteria survive around vents or fissures in the deep ocean floor.
flick	Cause to move with a flick. He felt the flick of a whip.
fraction	A component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process. Her eyes widened a fraction.
fracture	Fracture a bone of. The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle.
intermission	The act of suspending activity temporarily. The daily work goes on without intermission.
partible	Involving or denoting a system of inheritance in which a deceased person’s estate is divided equally among the heirs. A partible estate.
partition	The act of dividing or partitioning separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart. Partition a room off.
piece	Assemble something from parts or pieces. If it be broken it must be pieced.
recess	Put into a recess. The mid morning recess.
rift	A major fault separating blocks of the earth s surface a rift valley. The Indian landmass rifted from Madagascar about 90 million years ago.
separation	The state of lacking unity. Prose structured into short sentences with meaningful separation into paragraphs.
severance	The act of severing. The severance and disestablishment of the Irish Church.
snap	Cause to make a snapping sound. Bullets snapped past us.
split	A split osier used in basketwork. The party was deeply split over its future direction.
sunder	Break apart or in two, using violence. A universe sundered ages ago in a divine war.