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rift

/ɹɪft/
noun

  1. A chasm or fissure.

    "My marriage is in trouble: the fight created a rift between us and we can't reconnect."

  2. A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.

  3. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

verb

  1. To form a rift; to split open.

  2. To cleave; to rive; to split.

    "to rift an oak"

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