1. State of being torn or burst open
   "The athlete suffered a rupture of his Achilles tendon"
    
2. The act of making a sudden noisy break
   "The rupture of the pipe caused water to flood the basement"
    
3. A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
   "they hoped to avoid a rupture in relations";
   - breach, break, severance, rift, falling out

1. Separate or cause to separate abruptly
   "rupture the paper";
   - tear, snap, bust [informal]

Derived forms: rupturing, ruptures, ruptured

Type of: break, breakage, breaking, breakup, detachment, disunite, divide, harm, hurt, injury, part, separate, separation, trauma

Encyclopedia: Rupture