Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rupture

3 senses of rupture

Sense 1
rupture -- (state of being torn or burst open)
       => injury, hurt, harm, trauma -- (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)

Sense 2
rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out -- (a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations")
       => separation, breakup, detachment -- (coming apart)

Sense 3
rupture -- (the act of making a sudden noisy break)
       => breakage, break, breaking -- (the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rupture

1 sense of rupture

Sense 1
tear, rupture, snap, bust -- (separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper")
       => separate, disunite, divide, part -- (force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea")