Synonyms: breach, break, rift, severance, rupture, falling out
Definition: a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
Usage: they hoped to avoid a break in relations
Similar words: detachment, separation, breakup
Definition: coming apart
Synonyms: rift
Definition: a narrow fissure in rock
Synonyms: rift
Definition: a gap between cloud masses
Usage: the sun shone through a rift in the clouds
Definition: an open or empty space in or between things
Usage: there was a small opening between the trees; the explosion made a gap in the wall