n. 1 break, rift, split, fissure, fracture, cleavage, bursting; breaking, splitting, break-up, breach, schism, disunity, breaking up, severance, division, separation The rupture was caused by the expansion of the water on freezing There was no rupture in friendly relations between the families. 2 hernia He is to undergo surgery for a rupture
v. 3 break (up or apart), split, fracture, cleave, divide, breach, separate; disrupt, part, sunder The fabric of the balloon ruptured, the gas escaped, and the basket plummeted earthward