RUPTURE
Dictionary entry overview: What does rupture mean?
• RUPTURE (noun)
The noun RUPTURE has 3 senses:
1. state of being torn or burst open
2. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
3. the act of making a sudden noisy break
Familiarity information: RUPTURE used as a noun is uncommon.
• RUPTURE (verb)
The verb RUPTURE has 1 sense:
1. separate or cause to separate abruptly
Familiarity information: RUPTURE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RUPTURE (noun)
Meaning:
State of being torn or burst open
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("rupture" is a kind of...):
harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rupture"):
hernia; herniation (rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes)
herniated disc; ruptured intervertebral disc; slipped disc (a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region)
Meaning:
A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
severance; falling out; rupture; rift; breach; break
Context example:
they hoped to avoid a break in relations
Hypernyms ("rupture" is a kind of...):
breakup; detachment; separation (coming apart)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rupture"):
schism (the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences)
Meaning:
The act of making a sudden noisy break
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rupture" is a kind of...):
break; breakage; breaking (the act of breaking something)
• RUPTURE (verb)
Meaning:
Separate or cause to separate abruptly
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
rupture; tear; snap; bust
Context examples:
The rope snapped / tear the paper
Hypernyms (to "rupture" is one way to...):
disunite; divide; part; separate (force, take, or pull apart)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rupture"):
lacerate (cut or tear irregularly)
pull; rend; rip; rive (tear or be torn violently)
rip up; shred; tear up (tear into shreds)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The ropes rupture
