cliff's

Steep rock face's

Cliff's is the possessive form of cliff, indicating something belonging to or associated with a cliff: The cliff's edge crumbled under his feet, the cliff's sheer face.

Also the contracted form of "cliff is" or "cliff has": That cliff's been eroding for years.

geological

edge

Boundary or sharpness

precipiceSteep rock face
faceHead's anterior surface
overhangSection projecting beyond support

ledge · escarpment · bluff · crag · drop · rockface · summit · brink · outcrop · sheer

metaphorical

brink

Critical boundary point

edgeBoundary or sharpness
precipiceSteep rock face
vergeBorder or cusp

tipping · collapse · crisis · threshold · abyss · downfall · disaster · turning · point · bankruptcy

danger

fall

Descend under gravity

plungeSudden steep descent
dangerExposure to harm
warningAlert about danger

risk · height · vertigo · peril · fatal · treacherous · unstable · crumbling · slippery · accident

narrative

suspense

Anxious uncertainty about outcomes

hangerCloset garment support
tensionStretched or strained state
episodeSerialized content unit

serial · anticipation · thriller · drama · ending · reveal · twist · finale · unresolved · continuation

Opposites

topographical elevation

cliff'svalley's

Possessed by low terrain

chasm's · canyon's · pit's · basin's

terrain gradient

cliff'splateau's

Flat highland's possessive

meadow's · field's · beach's

Phrases

fall off a cliffDescend suddenly from height
cliff dwellingsHomes built into rockfaces
cliff hangerSuspenseful unresolved ending
fiscal cliffScheduled austerity convergence point
cliff edgeSheer drop's boundary
cliff divingJumping from heights into water

Family

cliff, cliffs, cliffhanger, cliffside, cliffy, clifflike, cliffhanging

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