Synonyms for cliff
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1. cliffnoun

   Synonyms:
   precipice

2. Cliffnoun

   A diminutive of the male given name Clifford.

   Synonyms:
   precipice

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1. cliff, drop, drop-offnoun

   a steep high face of rock

   "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop"

   Synonyms:
   falloff, driblet, bead, drop cloth, lessening, drop, falling off, free fall, pearl, dip, fall, decrease, slack, drop-off, slump, drib, drop curtain

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1. • Geological Formation

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1. cliffnoun

   Synonyms:
   crag, precipice, high and steep rock

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1. cliffnoun

   Synonyms:
   crag, bluff, precipice

2. cliffnoun

   Synonyms:
   palisades (line of bold cliffs)

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1. List of paraphrases for "cliff":

   falaise, ravine, clive, bluff, bluffs, precipice, escarpment

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1. Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun:

   The demand for commercial airline travel has fallen off a cliff, the pandemic is also delivering a body blow to our business.

2. Knute Buehler:

   Cliff is a good man and a strong legislator.

3. Mark Schneider:

   They allowed partisan and personal issues to carry the country over the cliff where the executive is ruling by decree and there is the greatest likelihood of political paralysis and street violence. These issues should have been resolved two years ago and they have been allowed to fester and now we are about to see the explosion.

4. Former AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson:

   Angus and Cliff just said, ‘Johnno, you’ve got to think of your health.’ And everybody else said, ‘Brian, your health comes first. You’ve done a whole year on the road. You’ve done everything. We want to finish.’ And that’s what they did. It’s simple. What people don’t understand is it is what it is.

5. Alexi Pappas:

   The cliff at the end of athletics can feel really daunting, that cliff doesn't feel like it will be a cliff for me -- I'm not so afraid of it because I know there's this career I'm growing at the same time.