rupture

1. 1.

   state of being torn or burst open

   Broaderinjury

   Narrowerherniaherniated disc
2. 2.

   a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

   “they hoped to avoid a break in relations”

   Synonymsbreachbreakseveranceriftfalling out

   Broaderseparation

   Narrowerschism
3. 3.

   the act of making a sudden noisy break

   Broaderbreakage

1. 1.

   separate or cause to separate abruptly

   “The rope snapped”

   “tear the paper”

   Synonymstearsnapbust

   Broaderseparate

   Narrowerlaceraterendshred

Other forms of rupture

plural

ruptures·

past tense

ruptured·

present participle

rupturing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rupture

What does rupture mean?

rupture means "state of being torn or burst open". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rupture?

rupture has 2 syllables: rup-ture. The stress falls on "rup". In IPA it is /ˈɹʌptʃɚ/.

What is another word for rupture?

Close synonyms include breach, break, severance, rift, falling out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rupture a common word?

rupture is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.