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RIFTS
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The answer RIFTS is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 800 puzzles.
Related Clues
Breakups
Estrangements
Fissures
Ruptures
Schisms
Spats
Break-ups
Breaks in relations
Causes of bickering
Clefts; chinks
Fallings-out
Geological faults
Definition
RIFT as a noun:
1. a gap between cloud masses; "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds"
2. a narrow fissure in rock
3. (rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out) = a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"