Rift

p. p.	1.	p. p. of Rive.
n.	1.	An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.
	2.	A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
v. t.	1.	To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds. [imp. & p. p. Rifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rifting.] To dwell these rifted rocks between. - Wordsworth.
v. i.	1.	To burst open; to split. Timber . . . not apt to rif with ordnance. - Bacon.
	2.	To belch.

Noun	1.	rift - a gap between cloud masses; "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds"
	2.	rift - a narrow fissure in rock
	3.	rift - a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" Synonyms: falling out, severance, rupture, breach, break

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