rifted

verb

Definition of riftednext
past tense of rift
as in fractured

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  1. tore
  2. pulled
  3. ripped
  4. penetrated
  5. slit
  6. slashed
  7. rent
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  • Prescott partially tore a hamstring in the second half of Dallas’ Week 9 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • About 30,500 initial jobless claims were filed in North Carolina in the nearly three weeks after Hurricane Helene tore through the western part of the state in late September, according to the state’s Division of Employment Security.
    Tami Luhby, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of tore
Verb
  • Brady and a few stringers quickly pulled together what Brady named Page Six because that’s the page where the column initially ran.
    Susan Mulcahy, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Michigan’s largest distributor of housing vouchers hasn't pulled a name off its general waitlist in nearly a year.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of pulled
Verb
  • Correspondent Seth Doane talks with Russell about a show seemingly ripped from the headlines.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Fifteen days after the storm ripped through the Blue Ridge Mountains, power was finally restored to the property thanks to dozens of linemen, from local Sumter Utilities to Gagnon Lines Construction out of Canada.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of ripped
Verb
  • It can usually only be penetrated by certain molecules or by a needle that runs the risk of damaging the entire cell.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Hezbollah is reeling from Nasrallah's killing in his deep bunker in a command headquarters, shocked at how successfully Israel penetrated the group, seven sources said.
    Samia Nakhoul and Laila Bassam, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of penetrated
Verb
  • The sheriff’s office further alleges that Sykes gave the 10-year-old instructions to slit the throats of the adults temporarily living with the child.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Outside one center in June, protesters slit the throats of three pigs as a threat to Muslims believed to be living there.
    Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2024
Definition of slit
Verb
  • The Fed last month slashed its benchmark interest rate by a hefty half-percentage point — its first and biggest rate cut since the 2020 recession.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Under his leadership, Nike had slashed its revenue forecast for the first time ever in December 2023, Fortune’s Phil Wahbareported.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of slashed
Verb
  • Saturday Night is available to rent on all digital platforms.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The Amazon licensing deal will also expand availability of A&E add-on subscriptions for Prime Video customers in the United States and Japan and extend a license for users to rent A&E shows and movies on demand via Prime Video in several countries.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of rent
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