rift
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▸ noun
1 a crack, split, or break in something:
the wind had torn open a rift in the clouds.
▪ Geology a major fault separating blocks of the earth's surface; a rift valley.
2 a serious break in friendly relations:
the rift between the two branches of the legal profession.
▸ verb [no object] Geology break apart or become separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics:
the Indian landmass rifted from Madagascar about 90 million years ago.
▪ [with object] cause to break away through faulting caused by plate tectonics:
in the Cretaceous two microcontinents were rifted off northern Africa and drifted northwards towards Eurasia.
– ORIGIN Middle English: of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian and Danish rift ‘cleft, chink’.
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