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rift

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Synonyms and Antonyms of rift

1 an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure

a small rift opened in the earthʼs crust

Synonyms of rift

check, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure, split

Words Related to rift

craze, hairline

fracture, rupture

breach, gap, opening

cut, gash, incision, slit

2 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

Synonyms of rift

breach, break, discontinuity, gap, gulf, hiatus, hole, interstice, interval, opening, rent, separation, void

Words Related to rift

chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure

notch, slit, slot, split

interspace, pore

abyss, aperture, cavity, chasm, gape, orifice

fracture, rupture, severance, sundering

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