rift
IPA: rˈɪft
noun
- A chasm or fissure.
- A lack of cohesion; A state of conflict, incompatibility, or emotional distance.
- A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
- A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
verb
- (intransitive) To form a rift; to split open.
- (transitive) To cleave; to rive; to split.
- (obsolete outside Scotland and northern UK) To belch.
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Examples of "rift" in Sentences
- The rift separates the two mountains.
- The deepening of the rift is recorded.
- Lake Superior occupies the apex of the rift.
- This rift forced the abandonment of the city.
- The city of Albuquerque lies within the rift.
- The most glaring ommission is the African Rift.
- An unfortunate casualty of the rift was the WMPC.
- The rift between the churches is not mended to this day.
- She and Rei will connive to end the rift of their fathers.
- As the session proceeded, the rift grew in the Unionist ranks.
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