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  • 21Rift — Chasm redirects here. For other uses, see Chasm (disambiguation). For other uses, see Rift (disambiguation). USGS image Plates in the crust of the earth, accordin …

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  • 22rift — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, growing, serious ▪ public ▪ family VERB + RIFT ▪ cause …

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  • 23rift — riftless, adj. /rift/, n. 1. an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink. 2. an open space, as in a forest or cloud mass, or a clear interval. 3. a break in friendly relations: a rift between two people; a rift between two …

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  • 24rift — n. 1) to cause a rift 2) to heal a rift 3) an ideological rift 4) a rift among, between * * * [rɪft] between a rift among an ideological rift to cause a rift to heal a rift …

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  • 25rift — UK [rɪft] / US noun [countable] Word forms rift : singular rift plural rifts 1) a disagreement between two people or groups rift between: After the war a serious rift developed between the two former allies. rift with: The government denied there …

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  • 26rift — noun 1) a deep rift in the ice Syn: crack, fault, flaw, split, break, breach, fissure, fracture, cleft, crevice, cavity, opening 2) the rift between them Syn …

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  • 27rift — [[t]rɪ̱ft[/t]] rifts 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, oft adj N, N prep A rift between people or countries is a serious quarrel or disagreement that stops them having a good relationship. The interview reflected a growing rift between the President and …

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  • 28rift — 1. noun /rɪft/ a) A chasm or fissure. My marriage is in trouble, the fight created a rift between us and we cant reconnect. b) A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through. The Grand Canyon is a rift in the Earths surface,… …

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  • 29rift — (Voz inglesa.) ► sustantivo masculino GEOLOGÍA Fosa tectónica, en especial la alargada, relacionada con fenómenos de distensión de la corteza terrestre y hundimientos de bóvedas, con pliegues de gran radio de curvatura. * * * Hendidura alargada… …

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  • 30rift — /rɪft / (say rift) noun 1. an opening made by riving or splitting; a fissure; a cleft; a chink. 2. a break in the friendly relations between two people, countries, etc.: *Church tries to heal rift with women –aap news, 2000. –verb (t) 3. to burst …