ruptured

verb

past tense of rupture
1
as in fractured
to cause to develop a hole, crack, or tear often in a sudden and forceful or violent way She was out for the rest of the season after she ruptured a tendon.

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2
as in exploded
to develop a hole, crack, or tear often in a sudden and forceful or violent way The pipeline ruptured, leaking thousands of gallons of oil. The fault could rupture during the next major earthquake. High blood pressure caused the blood vessels to rupture.

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Recent Examples of ruptured In May, an industrial tank containing another methacrylate compound ruptured in Orange County, California. — Lana Zak, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 The line ruptured in the area of North 62nd Avenue and Arthur Street after it was hit by a construction excavator. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 That timeline has been pushed back multiple times — to 2025, then to early 2026 and then, after a fuel tank ruptured during a pressure test, to late 2026. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The explosions ruptured the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which was Russia's main natural gas supply route to Germany until Moscow cut off supplies in August 2022. — Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026 Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water if there is any chance the vaccine packet has ruptured. — Eva Flowe october 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026 The actor was stabbed with a retractable knife that ruptured a tendon in his hand. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2026 The impact ruptured his truck’s windshield, covering Peete in glass and injuring his eye, arms and legs. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026 An evacuation order has been lifted in a Kansas City, Kansas, neighborhood after a contractor installing fiber optic cables ruptured an underground gas line. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruptured
  1. fractured
  2. exploded
  3. pulled
  4. burst
  5. ripped
  6. blew
  7. broke
  8. tore
Verb
  • Unlike Bedard’s other two injuries (fractured jaw in 2024 and a right shoulder injury last year), the Hawks could at least prepare to be without their current captain.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • With attentions fractured in modern life, Gibney hopes there is some benefit in synthesizing information into a narrative.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of fractured
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  • Their use has exploded in the last three years, however, despite a sometimes-hefty price tag without insurance coverage — around $1,000 a month on the higher end.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The platform has exploded in recent years on a promise to improve patients’ access to in-network therapists.
    — Amanda Erickson, STAT, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of exploded
Verb
  • Michael Whatley‘s campaign against Democrat Roy Cooper on Tuesday evening, even as Republican PACs have quietly pulled funding from the race.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Wilson is part of the reason three mothers pulled their children this year from a San Diego-area Christian school, which pursued an affiliation with ACCS.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of pulled
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  • When that bubble burst in the Panic of 1893, a third of railroads went bust, more than 500 banks failed, and the economy plunged into a four-year depression.
    — Ming Lu, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • When a bank of televisions showed horses bursting through the starting gate, feet stomped on the club’s carpet.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of burst
Verb
  • Witnesses said the speeding car jumped over a sidewalk, knocked down a chain-link fence and ripped out another wooden fence before going airborne into the house.
    — Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • When the quarterback sneak is ripped from the playbook, creativity isn’t cute.
    — Sam McDowell October 20, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of ripped
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  • The stocks are already down over 30% each in October as credit investors blew their yields out to distressed levels, doubting their business model of using aggressive levels of debt to build data centers.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
  • After losing consecutive non-road games by three points both times, on Saturday night UT blew a 24-3 halftime lead to turn it a fourth-quarter tie.
    — Mac Engel October 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of blew
Verb
  • In mid-October, the company announced that the winner had been disqualified after organizers concluded that his use of generative AI broke the rules.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Hours before Meta announced its Q3 results Wednesday, news broke that a New Mexico judge had ordered the company to pay $25 billion in penalties related to the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of broke
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  • After the Norte fire tore through 570 acres across south Orange County, destroying many homes, everybody needed this.
    — Caleb Otte, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Haliburton tore his Achilles during Game 7 of the NBA Finals against Oklahoma City in June 2025 and missed the entire 2025-26 season.
    — Peter Finney Jr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
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