<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of breaking or bursting</li><li>the state of being broken or burst</li><li>a breach of harmonious, friendly, or peaceful relations</li><li>pathology: hernia, especially abdominal hernia</li><li>synonyms: burst, split, break, fracture</li><li>antonyms: union, seam</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>ruptured</li><li>rupturing</li><li>to break or burst</li><li>synonyms: disrupt, split, fracture</li><li>antonyms: unite</li><li>to cause a breach of: to rupture friendly relations</li><li>pathology: to affect with hernia</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>ruptured</li><li>rupturing</li><li>to suffer a break or rupture</li></ul>