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noun

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a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice the cliff rises 200 feet from the island's south shore Synonyms of cliff barranca (also barranco), bluff, crag, escarpment, palisade, precipice, scar, scarp Words Related to cliff butte, cuesta, hogback, tor; bulwark, embankment; declivity, drop-off, pitch

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