Cliff and Sheer

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Cliff noun - A steep wall of rock, earth, or ice.

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Sheer and cliff are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sheer" instead a noun "Cliff".

Nearby Word: cliffy

Sheer verb - To change one's course or direction.

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Cliff and sheer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cliff" instead a noun "Sheer".

Nearby Words: sheered, sheering

Predator, Lex is climbing up a sheer ice cliff, when she receives a call on her cell phone and answers it.

Source: See No Evil, Hear No Evil
The sheer power of rock kicks up debris in an old west ghost town the car flies through, and the band members fly off a cliff only to land on another vehicle.

Source: The Power Of Rock / Video Games
For example, when the Highcliffe nuts lie in wait on a coastal path to give Redwing a ragging, the reader is alerted to the sheer drop over the cliff edge, while the nuts apparently don't notice until Ponsonby and Redwing fall off of it.

Source: Literature / Greyfriars

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