1. A split, crack, break or fissure in something
   "rifts in the ice"; "a rift in the clouds"
    
2. A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
   "they hoped to avoid a rift in relations";
   - rupture, breach, break, severance, falling out
    
3. (geology) a major fault between areas of the earth's crust
   "The geologist studied the rift in the ocean floor"

1. Split or break apart
   "The political party rifted over the controversial policy"
    
2. (geology) become separated or broken off by faulting and plate tectonics
   "The continents rifted apart over millions of years"

Sounds like: ribboned, r, rift

Derived forms: rifted, rifting, rifts

Type of: breakup, cleft, crack, crevice, detachment, fissure, scissure, separation

Encyclopedia: Rift, West Virginia