n. 25B6; noun
pipeline ruptures : BREAK, fracture, crack, burst, split, fissure.
a rupture due to personal differences : RIFT, estrangement, falling-out, break-up, breach, split, separation, parting, division, schism; informal bust-up.
an abdominal rupture : HERNIA.
25B6; verb
the reactor core might rupture : BREAK, fracture, crack, breach, burst, split; informal bust.
the problem ruptured their relationships : SEVER, break off, breach, disrupt; poetic/literary sunder.