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Meanings of rift in English

Portuguese
rompimento
Catalan
ruptura
Spanish
ruptura

A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

rompimento

A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

Usage of rift in English
1
Success looks likely, but don't let a slight rift with colleagues develop!
The South African
2
Kalanick's departure could signal a growing rift between technology companies and Washington.
Reuters
3
A rift with the business community could pose other problems for Obama.
Reuters
4
He said remedial action is underway to try and heal the rift.
Radio NZ
5
Madikizela-Mandela's stand appears to have caused a rift in the Mandela family.
The Guardian
6
The rift among physicists had never been greater or lasted so long.
Futures 1
7
Just then the sun peeped out from a rift in the clouds.
Afloat on the Flood
8
The leak of Eikenberry's cables revealed a serious rift within the administration.
Reuters
9
Recent scholarship, though, suggests that the rift was not quite so antagonistic.
BBC
10
Instead, he slipped into a rift in the rocks along the river-bank.
The Frontiersmen
11
They say the rift between them is getting deeper, although mediation continues.
Reuters
12
Then, on September 1, came the first rift in the threatening situation.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
13
He stared straight ahead of him through a rift in the vines.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm / His Plight and other Plights
14
Hugh d'Argent watched the dawn break-a silver rift in the purple sky.
The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century
15
There it was: a rift in their partnership that I could exploit.
In the shadow of gotham
16
Through the lurid rift of smoke I can see the friendly stars.
The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
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Translations for rift
Portuguese
rompimento
Spanish
ruptura
Rift through the time
Rift across language varieties
Australia
Common
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
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