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rift
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- pronunciation:
- rIft
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb & intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a crack or fissure made by breaking, splitting, or separating.
- synonyms:
- chink, cleft, fissure, fracture, gap
- similar words:
- rent, rip
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| definition 2: |
a break in social relations, because of a difference of opinion, quarrel, or the like; breach.
An argument over their sons' achievements caused a rift between the two brothers that lasted for years.- synonyms:
- breach, breakup, rent, rupture, split
- similar words:
- break, chasm, gulf
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| definition 3: |
a geological fault, or a valley along a fault.
- synonyms:
- chasm, fault
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| related words: |
breach, break, chasm, chink, crack, fracture, gap, gorge, gulf |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
rifts, rifting, rifted |
| definition: |
to split or break apart.
- synonyms:
- break, cleave, fissure, fracture, gap, split
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| related words: |
fracture |
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