noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , growing , serious
▪ public
▪ family
VERB + RIFT
▪ cause , create , lead to
▪ deepen , widen
▪
His actions only deepened the ~ between himself and Congress.
▪ heal , mend , repair
RIFT + VERB
▪ develop , occur , open up
▪
A ~ had opened up within the party.
▪ deepen ( esp. BrE ), grow , widen
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ among , ~ between
▪
new evidence of a ~ between the two countries
▪ ~ in , ~ within
▪
The debate has succeeded only in widening ~s within the Church.
▪ ~ over
▪
a ~ over public spending
▪ ~ with
▪
He tried to heal the ~ with his brother.