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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rift/rɪft/

▶noun

1 a crack, split, or break.

2 a serious break in friendly relations.

3 Geology a rift valley.

▶verb (often as adj. rifted) chiefly Geology move or force to move apart.

– origin ME: of Scand. origin.

'rift' also found in these Oxford entries:

graben - repair - rift valley

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