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