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rift

(r/I/ft )

a gap between cloud masses(noun.object)

Example:
The sun shone through a rift in the clouds.

source: wordnet30
a narrow fissure in rock(noun.object)

source: wordnet30
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)(noun.event)

Synonym:
breach, break, falling out, rupture, severance

source: wordnet30
An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.(noun)

source: webster1913

To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.(verb)

source: webster1913
To burst open; to split.(verb)

source: webster1913

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