MEANING
To burst or break open a bodily structure or other enclosing surface.
Use it for
Internal failure; swelling that breaks containment; an enclosure breached from withinMake pressure consequential by showing the enclosing structure fail.
Words that belong together
- rupture an organ
- ruptured membrane
- rupture under pressure
On the page
The sac ruptured when the specimen moved.
His eardrum had ruptured during the blast.
She watched the membrane swell, certain it would rupture.
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Word forms
- Base
- rupture / ruptures
- Past tense
- ruptured
- Past participle
- ruptured
- Present participle
- rupturing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- rupture / ruptures
- Present continuous
- am/is/are rupturing
- Present perfect
- have/has ruptured
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been rupturing
- Past
- ruptured
- Past continuous
- was/were rupturing
- Past perfect
- had ruptured
- Past perfect continuous
- had been rupturing
- Future
- will rupture / ruptures
- Future continuous
- will be rupturing
- Future perfect
- will have ruptured
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been rupturing
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Implies a breach in integrity, often from pressure or strain; not every wound is a rupture. Also a noun for the break. Verb [base, third-person present, past, past participle, -ing]: rupture, ruptures, ruptured, ruptured, rupturing.
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