rift
[noun]
Synonyms:
- breach, disagreement, division, falling out (informal), quarrel, separation, split
- split, break, cleft, crack, crevice, fault, fissure, flaw, gap, opening

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Related Words: gap, hiatus, interruption, interval

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

rift /rɪft/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: From a Scandinavian language]

1. a situation in which two people or groups have had a serious disagreement and begun to dislike and not trust each other Synonym : split
rift between/with
Party officials have denied that there is any rift between ministers.
rift over
Today’s announcement could lead to a further rift over public spending.
He set out to heal the rifts in the party.

2. a crack or narrow opening in a large mass of rock, cloud etc

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

rift
noun
ADJ. deep, growing, serious | public | ideological | marital, marriage
VERB + RIFT cause, create, lead to | deepen, widen His actions only deepened the rift between himself and the majority of Congress.
heal, mend, patch up, repair
RIFT + VERB develop, occur, open up A rift had opened up within the party.
deepen, grow, widen
PREP. ~ among/between new evidence of a rift between the two countries
~ in/within The debate has succeeded only in widening rifts within the Church.
~ over a rift over public spending
~ with trying to heal the rift with his brother

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