rupture
noun
the act of breaking or bursting.
has ruptured
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present perfectof rupture (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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She renders the fearless quality of Gehry’s work in vivid verbs, pointing out that if Wright “broke open the box in his Prairie homes, Frank Gehry has ruptured the building-as-box completely—destroyed it in fact.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
The London market has ruptured to the point of disfunctionality because the free float of silver is too small to accommodate demand at present, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2025
As in the rest of the world, the pandemic has ruptured the travel landscape in Asia.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
One of the most powerful images of this conflict is that of mothers and carers patiently shepherding children through the chaos that has ruptured family lives.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2022
You have seen in this conversation that the struggle has ruptured and remade me several times over—in Baltimore, at The Mecca, in fatherhood, in New York.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
