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as in gap
an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)
it was possible to peek through the rift in the fence and see the ball game
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as in to rupture
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Recent Examples of rift
Janine Henni, People.com, 21 May 2025
But that would cause another trade-like rift with world powers that Washington has just made good with.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2022
The police, unsurprisingly, started to fire tear gas canisters again, trying to rift and wedge the fleeing protesters.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 28 Dec. 2019
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Noun
The rift deepened following the couple's interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 21 May 2025
But that would cause another trade-like rift with world powers that Washington has just made good with.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Verb
However, the supercontinent began to rift and splinter in the late Triassic about 230 million years ago.
—Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2022
The police, unsurprisingly, started to fire tear gas canisters again, trying to rift and wedge the fleeing protesters.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 28 Dec. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rift
Noun
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Scientists were alerted to its relatively rapid movement due to a large fissure that appeared in Ethiopia in 2005.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2025
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With all of that pressure, fissures can reveal themselves.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
9 May 2025
Noun
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The brand’s bestsellers are the Essential Face Compact, the Lip Compact and the lip pencils, but the gap isn’t a huge one between her other products.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
4 June 2025
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Their defensemen don’t allow much gap between them and opposing forwards.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
4 June 2025
Verb
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Just three games into Barca’s eventually successful attempt to wrest back the La Liga title from bitter rival Madrid, however, the teenager rupture his ACL and was ruled out for the rest of the term.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The explosion then ruptures the mall escalators, exposing their internal machinery, into which Lori Milligan (Shantel VanSanten) is pulled and then crushed.—
Gayle Sequeira,
Vulture,
16 May 2025
Noun
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The crevice attachment’s usefulness isn’t limited to just appliances.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
3 June 2025
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The vacuum has a run time of 48 minutes and includes a short crevice tool and a small dusting brush.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Despite his success, DeBoer’s tenure in Dallas will now be best remembered for his snap decision to pull starting goaltender Jake Oettinger after the Stars fell into an early 2-0 hole in their elimination game against Edmonton last week.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Three holes were drilled in his skull to reduce the pressure on his brain (those holes were later filled with titanium plugs).—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
Verb
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His left orbital bone and right cheekbone were also fractured, among other injuries.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2025
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Meanwhile, the civil-rights movement split the Democratic coalition—its Southern wing peeled off, never to return—and Vietnam fractured the liberals.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
Verb
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If the tag recommends dry cleaning, washing in cold water in the washing machine, or tumble-drying on medium heat in the dryer, follow those instructions to avoid fading, shrinking, tearing, or otherwise compromising your duvet.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
31 May 2025
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Authorities said the inmates pulled open faulty sliding cell doors, tore out a bathroom to create a hole in the jail, and then climbed a wall to escape.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
Verb
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Dallas keeps bringing up last year’s six-game win over Colorado in an apparent effort to buck up themselves and their despondent fans, who are rending their garments over a meaningless seven-game losing streak to end the season.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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The Seagull The season’s starriest show is Chekhov’s rending play about art, love and loss in a new version from Duncan Macmillan and Thomas Ostermeier, with Ostermeier directing.—
Matt Wolf,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Rift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rift. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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