Synonyms for rift

Grammar : Noun

Spell : rift

Phonetic Transcription : rɪft

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Définition of rift

Origin : early 14c., "a split, act of splitting," from a Scandinavian source (cf. Danish and Norwegian rift "a cleft," Old Icelandic ript (pronounced "rift") "breach;" related to Old Norse ripa "to break a contract" (see riven). Figurative use from 1620s. Geological sense from 1921. As a verb, c.1300.

noun break, crack
noun difference of opinion

Example sentences :

To-day, however, there was a rift in these dark clouds of consequence.
Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker

And then, because he could not shout and because he could not loosen himself, there came a rift in his madness.
Extract from : « Happy Ending » by Fredric Brown

Presently there was a rift in the clouds; and a red glow arose in the west.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

The rift was gradually widening, and the forest on either side thinned.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

They believed the range might yet show a rift at this end which their wagons could traverse.
Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

Rathburn pointed toward the rift in the mountain on the left above them.
Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts

And yet his experience told him 205 that there must be some rift, some hiatus in the scheme.
Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander

His hydrogen heat-torch had already opened a rift in the wall!
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various

Through a rift in the smoke, there came a long and crimson shaft.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

When we reached the top of the rift, a still worse peril awaited.
Extract from : « Sir Ludar » by Talbot Baines Reed

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