Synonyms for rupture
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Noun
1. Breach
burst, fracture, separation, break, rift, disunion, breaking, dissolution, crack, disruption, severance, breakup, split, disunity, falling-out, rend, partition, alienation, division, feud, rent, parting
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Definitions
- n. 1
A burst, split, or break.
Related words
- Word family
- rupturewort
- Phrases
- rupture of membranes
Forms
- Plural
- ruptures → bursts, fractures, separations, breaks…
Example sentences
- burst When she saw her test score, she burst into tears.
- separation The separation felt like a never-ending nightmare.
- fracture You have a fracture, that is to say a broken bone.
- rift Sami's drinking caused a rift in his marriage.
- bursting I'm bursting for a wee and I can't find a washroom.
- hernia He contracted a hernia from carrying heavy loads.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| rupture | steady | |
| burst | rising | |
| separation | falling | |
| fracture | steady | |
| rift | steady | |
| bursting | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- rent1, rift1, feud1, rend
- 5 letters
- break1, split1, crack1, burst1
- 6 letters
- hernia3
- 7 letters
- breakup2, parting2
- 8 letters
- division3, breaking2, fracture2, bursting2, disunity4, disunion3
- 9 letters
- partition3, severance3
- 10 letters
- separation4, disruption3, alienation5, laceration4
- 11 letters
- dissolution4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hernia3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- hernie
- Italiano
- ernia
- Català
- trencadura