rifting

verb

present participle of rift
as in fracturing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rifting
  1. fracturing
  2. tearing
  3. rupturing
  4. pulling
  5. rending
  6. ripping
  7. cutting
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  • Warner missed much of last season after fracturing his right ankle last October.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 25 July 2026
  • Later that year, an intruder broke into the Pelosis’ San Francisco home and attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer, fracturing his skull.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 July 2026
Definition of fracturing
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  • San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch confirmed George Kittle is pushing to play in the season opener despite tearing his Achilles in January.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
  • Bronin and Larson ignore Gilchrest, who on June 30 had a paltry $35,000 to spend in the final weeks of the campaign, and concentrate on tearing chunks out of each other.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
Definition of tearing
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  • Previous flights ended with the spacecraft engulfed in flames and exploding at splashdown — or rupturing in midair.
    — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 25 July 2026
  • One fault rupturing could prompt a nearby fault — almost already to rupture — to go off in a quake.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of rupturing
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  • Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni, a former right back who played alongside Messi in the 2006 World Cup, solved that problem by moving Messi to right wing, tweaking formations and pulling from a bench superior to England’s.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • By July 11, Taco Bell had begun pulling some ingredients, including lettuce and cilantro, from some Michigan restaurants.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 19 July 2026
Definition of pulling
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  • The German priest’s criticisms of the Catholic Church sparked the Protestant Reformation, rending Christianity in two.
    — Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
  • The excellent Julian Quinones’ early goal settled any nerves and then came the emotive, heart-rending second from talisman Raul Jimenez in the second half.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Definition of rending
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  • Formulas that contain a high percentage of salicylic acid are always too strong for me, ripping through my skin’s barrier and causing more breakouts and irritation.
    — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 18 July 2026
  • But by 2016, people like me are ripping their hair out in panic.
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Definition of ripping
Verb
  • Germany’s biggest automaker is planning a massive restructuring and cost-cutting program in response to intensifying competition from Chinese electric vehicle makers and higher tariffs on its exports to the United States.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • This past winter, Madison lawmakers shot down a budget proposal that would have paid for a body camera program by cutting funds to the monitor.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Definition of cutting
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