rift
1. a gap between cloud masses (Freq. 1) - the sun shone through a rift in the clouds • Hypernyms: opening, gap 2. a narrow fissure in rock • Hypernyms: crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure 3. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) - they hoped to avoid a break in relations • Syn: rupture, breach, break, severance, falling out • Derivationally related forms: sever (for: severance), break (for: break) • Hypernyms: separation, breakup, detachment • Hyponyms: schism
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