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rupturesnounpl. of rupture an opening caused by the sudden tearing or breaking of somethingThe earthquake created a rupture that spanned several miles. Doctors identified a rupture in his aorta. breaks, cracks, fissures, fractures, rifts, splits, tearscuts, gashes, incisions, lacerations, notches, rents, rips, slashes, slitsbreaches, gaps, openingschecks, chinks, clefts, crannies, crevicessnagsgouges, grooves, hollowsabysses, chasms, gulfs, vacuities, vacuums(or vacua), voidsburrows, caverns, caves, ditches, excavations, furrows, gutters, trenches, troughscavities, concavities, dents, depressions, dints, holes, indentations, indentures, pits, recessescanyons(also cañons), combes(also coombes or coombs, British), dells, dingles, glens, gorges, gulches, gullies(also gulleys), kloofs(South African), ravines, rift valleysboreholes, chuckholes, craters, postholes, potholes, sinkholes, wallows, water holes, wellsblasts, blowups, bursts, detonations, eruptions, explosions, outburstsabrasions, scores, scrapes, scratchesinjuries, woundsperforations, pinholes, pinpricks, pricks, punches, punctures, stabs implosionsclosings, fillings, knittings, repairs, sewingscombinations, connections, consolidations, couplings, joinings, junctions, mergers, unifications, unionshills, mounds, risesbumps, bunches, humps, lumps, pimples, swellings, swells, tumorsbulges, cambers, convexities, juts, projections, protrusions, protuberances the loss of good relationsThe incident caused a diplomatic rupture between the two countries. They've been working to mend the rupture in their relationship. bifurcations, breaches, breakups, cleavages, dissolutions, disunions, divisions, divorces, fractionalizations, fractionations, partitions, rifts, schisms, separations, severances, splitsalienations, disaffections, disgruntlements, estrangementsantagonisms, embittermentsanimosities, antipathies, hostilities, jaundices, rancorsfeuds, vendettasaltercations, argle-bargles(chiefly British), arguments, argy-bargies(chiefly British), battles royal(or battle royals or battles royale or battle royales), bickers, brawls, contretemps, controversies, cross fires, disagreements, disputes, donnybrooks, fallings-out(or falling-outs), fights, hassles, imbroglios, kickups, misunderstandings, quarrels, rhubarbs, rows, scraps, set-tos, spats, squabbles, tiffs, wranglesaggravations, furies, furors, indignations, infuriations, ires, outrages, rages, spleens, wrathsdisenchantments, disillusionments endearments, ingratiationsappeasements, conciliations, mollifications, pacifications, propitiationsreconcilements, reconciliationsaccords, agreements, consensuses, harmonies, unanimitiesunifications, unionsfusions, integrations, mergers rupturesverbpresent tense third-person singular of ruptureto cause to develop a hole, crack, or tear often in a sudden and forceful or violent wayShe was out for the rest of the season after she ruptured a tendon. breaks, fractures, pulls, rends, rifts, rips, rives, tearscuts, gashes, incises, lacerates, notches, slashes, slitspenetrates, perforates, puncturesbreaks down, decomposes, disassembles, disintegrates, dissolvesbifurcates, bisects, cleaves, dichotomizes, dissects, fractionalizes, fractionates, halves, partitions, quarters, segments, subdivides, trisectsfragmentates, fragmentizes, fragmentsdetaches, disengages, disentangles, unravels, untiesbreaks up, decouples, disassociates, disconnects, disjoins, disjoints, dissevers, dissociates, disunites, divides, divorces, parts, ramifies, resolves, separates, severs, splits, sunders, uncouples, unlinks, unyokes closes, darns, fills, heals, knits, mends, patches, plugs, repairs, seals, sews, stitches, suturesaccumulates, agglutinates, attaches, binds, cements, fastens, fuses, sticks, weldscombines, connects, consolidates, couples, joins, links, merges, unifies, unites to develop a hole, crack, or tear often in a sudden and forceful or violent wayThe 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. blows, breaks, cleaves, splitsrends, rips, rives, shreds, tatters, tearsblows up, bursts, crumps, detonates, explodes, goes off, popsfragments, shatters, smashes, splintersbreaks up, dissevers, parts, sections, separates, severs, unlinksballoons, burgeons(also bourgeons), mushroomscracks, snaps implodescollapsesassociates, coalesces, combines, conjoins, conjugates, connects, couples, fuses, interfuses, joins, knits, links (up), marries, unifies, unitesmates, yokesassembles, blends, mingles, mixeschains, compounds, hitches, hooks, splicesrecombines, reconnects, rejoins, reunifies, reunites |