to rift

Examples

• All

• The wrong one to rift-a * * Because I might just lift ya * * To throw down

  Gunmen (1993)

• But then I learned you can't rift away a single word without harming all the rest.

• Look at the Grand Canyon, that mighty rift in the ground.

  Blog text (6)

• Bale a field of and when lost or to rift direct me home.

• Elbow, Donny, rift it with his car.

• I served with a lot of WW11 vets from the Army Air Corps who were career servicemen rifted from their officer rank.

  Blog text (11)

• To the dread rattling thunder have I given fire and rifted Jove's stout oak with his own bolt.

  The Tempest (2010)

• Text and image, sign and referent, in contradiction, appear as two highly charged magnets constantly attracting and rifting off one another, never collapsing to produce "a pipe" or "nothing" as either truth or non-truth.

  Academic text (2004)

• Those who like PvP will undoubtedly enjoy the fact that with the implementation of the new server, all rifting buffs have been removed from the standard ones (which makes perfect sense since PvP is now 100% player choice at these levels), but will there be any targets available when rifting?

  Blog text (11)

• The strong winds rifted the old wooden door from its hinges during the storm.

Synonyms

R

to rupture

vsto rift

95 6.8

To break open suddenly and violently

is about dramatic forceful splitting rather than brief bursting

C

to come apart

vsto rift

44 3.1

To break into pieces or fall into separate parts

denotes a more forceful, dramatic split rather than simple falling apart

D

to disintegrate

vsto rift

35 5.8

Fall apart into smaller pieces or stop working together

signals sudden dramatic splitting rather than gradual loss of unity

B

to break apart

vsto rift

26 3.0

To separate into pieces, for example a machine or a group

adds emphasis on dramatic, forceful splitting rather than any separation

R

to rive

vsto rift

2 9.9

To tear something violently or be torn apart, often used for feelings

stresses dramatic splitting with force more than ordinary tearing

B

to break away

vsto rift

2 3.5

To come off a larger thing, often because of force or damage

describes fuller dramatic splitting rather than a single part detaching

D

to disunite

vsto rift

1 7.0

To cause people or groups to separate

refers to physical dramatic splitting rather than social or political separation

A

to avulse

vsto rift

• Specialized

1 9.9

To tear something away suddenly by force

applies more broadly to dramatic splitting rather than only tearing away

D

to discerp

vsto rift

• Archaic

9.9

To tear something into separate parts, usually by force

focuses more on a single dramatic break rather than general division

Antonyms

U

to unite

∞ 2.1

To join people or things into one group for a shared purpose

J

to join

∞ 1.0

Connect two things so they become attached

Compounds

R

rift valley

• Specialized

4 7.0

A long deep valley with steep sides that forms when part of the earth sinks between cracks

R

Rift Valley fever

• Specialized

1 6.8

An illness in Africa that infects animals and people and spreads by mosquitoes or contact with sick animals

G

Great Rift Valley

• Specialized

5.3

A long low area from the Jordan River through eastern Africa to Mozambique formed by the moving earth's crust

How Forceful

to shatter

72 2.8

to rupture

95 6.8

to rift

1 4.1

to split

513 1.3

to crack

311 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology