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Definition of: rift
(rift) noun
An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; fissure.
—v.t. & v.i. To rive; burst open; split. [<Scand. Cf. Dan. rift cleft, ON ript <ripta break. Akin to RIVE.]
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