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rifts

noun , plural of rift

Synonyms and Antonyms of rifts

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

a small rift opened in the earth's crust

Synonyms of rifts

checks, chinks, clefts, cracks, crannies, crevices, fissures, splits

Words Related to rifts

crazes, hairlines

fractures, ruptures

breaches, gaps, openings

cuts, gashes, incisions, slits

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 rifts

breaches, breaks, discontinuities, gaps, gulfs, hiatuses, holes, interstices, intervals, openings, rents, separations, voids

Words Related to rifts

chinks, clefts, cracks, crannies, crevices, fissures

notches, slits, slots, splits

interspaces, pores

abysses, apertures, cavities, chasms, gapes, orifices

fractures, ruptures, severances

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