rupture

Meaning

Noun

1. A burst, split, or break.
2. A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
3. A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
4. A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.

Verb

1. To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
2. To dehisce irregularly.

Synonyms

hernia

break

breach

fracture

burst

tear

split

rift

breakage

failure

disrupt

crack

snap

breakdown

bust

severance

rip up

gap

break off

disruption

hole

🕳️

crush

shatter

slit

rent

collapse

falling out

abruption

flaw

pop

crevice

explode

explosion

fissure

fraction

fragment

gorge

hiatus

hurt

injury

interception

interrupt

laceration

ladder

🪜

leak

obstruction

stop

🛑

open

partition

perforation

punching

ravine

rejection

rend

retreat

rip

rive

run

separation

slot

smash

stave

stretched

wreckage

be cut off

crack open

split apart

split open

ecphlysis

be broken off

be cut asunder

rhegma

breaking-down

tiar

occlude

blown up

break in

breaking

breaking off

break-off

break open

break through

broken

burglary

chasm

chink

cleft

cracking

crash

destruction

detachment

detonate

deviation

disagreement

disconnect

disconnection

discord

disintegrate

disjunction

disruptive

dissension

dissociation

disunion

error

estrangement

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹʌptʃə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French rupture, or its source, Latin ruptūra (“a breaking, rupture (of a limb or vein)”) and Medieval Latin ruptūra (“a road, a field, a form of feudal tenure, a tax, etc.”), from the participle stem of rumpere (“to break, burst”).

Sentences

The asci do not rupture at maturity .