Synonyms of ruptures

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noun

plural of rupture

1

as in fractures

an opening caused by the sudden tearing or breaking of something

The earthquake created a rupture that spanned several miles.

Doctors identified a rupture in his aorta.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fractures
• fissures
• rifts
• tears
• cracks
• gaps
• slits
• splits
• ravines
• craters
• lacerations
• rips
• holes
• gashes
• incisions
• punctures
• crevices
• slashes
• breaks
• canyons
• clefts
• breaches
• openings
• rents
• cuts
• voids
• snags
• dents
• trenches
• caverns
• gouges
• chasms
• crannies
• notches
• cavities
• furrows
• depressions
• vacuums
• grooves
• vacuities
• ditches
• abysses
• chinks
• pits
• excavations
• hollows
• vacua
• burrows
• caves
• wounds
• gorges
• concavities
• gutters
• eruptions
• injuries
• sinkholes
• troughs
• gulleys
• gullies
• gulfs
• checks
• bursts
• detonations
• indentations
• rift valleys
• potholes
• wells
• explosions
• dints
• water holes
• gulches
• abrasions
• boreholes
• scratches
• outbursts
• perforations
• blowups
• scrapes
• chuckholes
• recesses
• scores
• blasts
• wallows
• pinholes
• dells
• glens
• postholes
• indentures
• coombs
• combes
• punches
• pinpricks
• stabs
• coombes
• cañons
• pricks
• kloofs
• dingles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repairs
• connections
• fillings
• unions
• closings
• mergers
• implosions
• consolidations
• couplings
• combinations
• junctions
• tumors
• unifications
• hills
• swellings
• swells
• rises
• bumps
• mounds
• sewings
• projections
• lumps
• bulges
• joinings
• pimples
• humps
• knittings
• protuberances
• protrusions
• bunches
• convexities
• juts
• cambers

2

as in rifts

the loss of good relations

The incident caused a diplomatic rupture between the two countries.

They've been working to mend the rupture in their relationship.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rifts
• schisms
• splits
• feuds
• disputes
• cleavages
• divorces
• divisions
• bifurcations
• breakups
• breaches
• controversies
• antagonisms
• hostilities
• misunderstandings
• alienations
• estrangements
• fractionations
• separations
• dissolutions
• severances
• partitions
• quarrels
• disunions
• animosities
• disaffections
• fractionalizations
• disgruntlements
• antipathies
• embitterments
• altercations
• jaundices
• brawls
• rancors
• disagreements
• fights
• squabbles
• imbroglios
• rows
• vendettas
• indignations
• wrangles
• spleens
• outrages
• contretemps
• spats
• rages
• battle royals
• bickers
• furies
• tiffs
• disillusionments
• cross fires
• disenchantments
• falling-outs
• wraths
• battle royales
• battles royal
• rhubarbs
• arguments
• fallings-out
• ires
• furors
• scraps
• donnybrooks
• aggravations
• battles royale
• kickups
• hassles
• set-tos
• argle-bargles
• infuriations
• argy-bargies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• endearments
• conciliations
• reconciliations
• pacifications
• agreements
• propitiations
• harmonies
• reconcilements
• appeasements
• ingratiations
• unions
• mollifications
• unifications
• fusions
• mergers
• consensuses
• accords
• integrations
• unanimities

ruptures

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rupture

1

as in pulls

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.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fractures
• pulls
• rips
• breaks
• tears
• rifts
• rends
• punctures
• lacerates
• perforates
• gashes
• penetrates
• incises
• slashes
• cuts
• slits
• rives
• severs
• disintegrates
• notches
• dissolves
• decomposes
• segments
• bifurcates
• dissects
• disassembles
• fragments
• quarters
• cleaves
• breaks down
• splits
• bisects
• halves
• fractionates
• subdivides
• partitions
• disconnects
• detaches
• dichotomizes
• unravels
• disengages
• trisects
• divides
• disentangles
• fractionalizes
• ramifies
• unties
• divorces
• sunders
• disassociates
• dissociates
• parts
• separates
• resolves
• disunites
• fragmentizes
• disjoins
• fragmentates
• unlinks
• uncouples
• decouples
• breaks up
• disjoints
• dissevers
• unyokes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repairs
• fills
• heals
• closes
• seals
• sews
• plugs
• mends
• binds
• knits
• sutures
• accumulates
• attaches
• welds
• fuses
• stitches
• sticks
• patches
• fastens
• connects
• merges
• combines
• darns
• joins
• couples
• unites
• cements
• links
• agglutinates
• consolidates
• unifies

2

as in explodes

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.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explodes
• bursts
• breaks
• blows
• tears
• splits
• detonates
• rips
• cleaves
• rends
• shatters
• shreds
• fragments
• smashes
• cracks
• pops
• rives
• splinters
• severs
• sections
• blows up
• tatters
• goes off
• parts
• separates
• crumps
• breaks up
• mushrooms
• balloons
• burgeons
• unlinks
• snaps
• dissevers
• bourgeons

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapses
• connects
• combines
• couples
• joins
• fuses
• unites
• implodes
• associates
• coalesces
• unifies
• marries
• links (up)
• conjoins
• knits
• mixes
• chains
• mates
• blends
• conjugates
• yokes
• assembles
• splices
• mingles
• compounds
• interfuses
• rejoins
• reconnects
• hitches
• recombines
• hooks
• reunites
• reunifies