RIFTING Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

rifting

verb

present participle of rift

as in fracturing

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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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The Moon enters practical Capricorn this morning, pulling attention toward structure, responsibility, and the work that needs real support beneath it.

— Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
Brent Fannin, 38, was the first activist to discover the FWC was pulling critics’ DAVID records.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 25 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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This video shows firefighters battling fierce flames ripping through vegetation, propelled, in part, by strong gusts of wind.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Nu Jazz put the effort in to really get underneath all these sounds, ripping out their guts and figuring out how to jam with the entrails.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026

Definition of ripping

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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

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