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")