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English to English noun
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a gap between cloud masses |  | Example: the sun shone through a rift in the clouds
source: wordnet30
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a narrow fissure in rock |  | source: wordnet30
| 3 |
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) |  | Example: they hoped to avoid a break in relations
source: wordnet30
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An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure. |  | source: webster1913 verb
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To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds. |  | source: webster1913
| 6 |
To burst open; to split. |  | source: webster1913
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