rupture
Break under pressure
Rupture is a break or tear, especially one that happens suddenly or violently.
A pipe ruptures under pressure; a tendon ruptures during exertion.
The word applies to both physical breaks and abstract ones: a rupture in diplomatic relations, the rupture between old friends.
In medicine, a rupture often refers specifically to a hernia or to an organ tearing.
To rupture is to break apart or cause to break: The explosion ruptured the fuel tank.
To pull apart
- breakInterrupt continuity
- burstBreak apart suddenly
- splitSeparation into parts
- fractureSplit in hard material
crack · puncture · perforation · laceration · gash · rip · sever · rend
Interrupt continuity
- splitSeparation into parts
- riftCrack or estrangement
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- alienationState of being isolated
breach · falling-out · severance · divorce · separation · discord · division · schism
Break apart suddenly
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- fissureNarrow crack in rock
- ventOpening for airflow
- crackNarrow break or attempt
magma · lava · seismic · fault · caldera · geyser · volcanic · hydrothermal
Interrupt continuity
- breachBreaking of agreement
- hostilitiesActive armed fighting
- warArmed struggle between groups
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
confrontation · breakdown · escalation · crisis · flashpoint · tension · friction · severance
tear
To pull apart
fracture · crack · puncture · perforation · laceration · gash · rip · sever · rend · snap
break
Interrupt continuity
- splitSeparation into parts
- riftCrack or estrangement
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
alienation · breach · falling-out · severance · divorce · separation · discord · division · schism · fracture
burst
Break apart suddenly
crack · magma · lava · seismic · fault · caldera · geyser · volcanic · hydrothermal · blowout
break
Interrupt continuity
- breachBreaking of agreement
- hostilitiesActive armed fighting
- warArmed struggle between groups
clash · confrontation · breakdown · escalation · crisis · flashpoint · tension · friction · severance · dissolution
- earthquakesearthquake, quake, earthquakes, quakes, epicenter
- conflictsargument, fight, war, battle, dispute
- separationseparate, sieving, straining, divide, filtration
- seismologyearthquake, earthquakes, seismograph, seismicity, seismometer
- Tensile Testingtensile strength, elongation, specimen, ultimate strength, breaking point
- cell lysislysis, cytolysis, cell lysis, osmotic lysis, hemolysis
ruptureharmony
Agreement or musical blend
reconciliation · union · agreement · peace · accord
ruptureseal
Authentication stamp or mark
closing · containment · intact · unbroken · hermetic seal
- ruptured appendixTorn digestive dead-end
- ruptured discDisplaced spinal cushion
- ruptured eardrumTorn membrane blocking ear canal
- ruptured spleenTorn lymphatic organ
- eardrum ruptureTorn hearing membrane
- tendon ruptureTorn muscle-to-bone connector