My granddaughter's behaviour has caused a rift in our family.
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Rift
/ɹɪft/
Synonyms for "rift" (265 found)
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Closest matches (53)
Strong matches (80)
crevassecrevicecutcut opencwmdefacementdefectdefectiondeficiencydefiledeformationdeformitydehiscentdelldifferencedikedisaffectiondisagreementdisfavordisfiguration
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disfigurementdispartdisruptiondistancedistortiondisuniondisunityditchdivaricatedivergencedividedividednessdivisiondongadrawdrawbackestrangementexcavationfactionfailingfailurefalling-outfaultfautefissurefissuredfissuryflawflumefly in the ointmentfly openfoiblefracturefrailtyfrecklefurrowgapgapegapinggappygash
Noun(19 words)
crevassescrevicedisconnectdiscorddissociatedisunitedivergedividedivisivenessemotional tearingestrangefalling outfamily disunityfissurefissuresfracturefracturesfriction-caused damagegeologic rift
Related words (132)
gorgegroovegulchgulfgullyhemangiomahiatushickeyholeimperfectioninadequacyinciseincisioninfirmityinterruptionintervaljointjumpkeloidkink
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klooflay openleaklentigolittle problemmiliummisunderstandingmoatmoleneedle scarnevusnotchnullahopeopenopen ruptureopen upopeningpartpartingpasspassagepimplepitpockpockmarkport-wine markport-wine stainproblempustuleravinerecall of ambassadorsrentrimerimoserimuloseripriverupturescabscalescarschismscissurescratchseamsebaceous cystseparateseparationshortcomingslashsliceslitslotsnagsomething missingsplintersplitspreadspread outspringspring openstrawberry markstyswing opentainttapteartear openthrow opentracktrenchtwistvalleyvarianceverrucavesiclevoidvulnerable placewadiwalewarpwartweak linkweak pointweaknesswealweltwenwhitehead
Noun(15 words)
Adjective(5 words)
ongoing tearingpolitical disunitypolitical divisionpropagating tearsocial fragmentation
Verb(2 words)
polarize opinionssunders
Related word relations
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More general
16 entriesbreakupcleftcrackcrevicedetachmentdiscontinuitydivisionestrangementfissuregapgeologic featureopeningscissureseparationtectonic featuretectonics
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19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Collocations
10 entriesdeepening rifteconomic riftgeologic riftgrowing riftideological riftmajor riftrift valleyrift zonesocial rifttectonic rift
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriesSample sentences
19 total sentences available.
A deep rift opened up between them.
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Sami's drinking caused a rift in his marriage.
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The current Kilauea lava flow, emanating from one of about two dozen volcanic fissures that opened in the ground, has been going on for 93 days straight, marking the longest nonstop eruption on record from Kilauea’s lower East Rift zone.
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