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Rift

noun

(Written also reft)

A gap between cloud masses.

A narrow fissure in rock.

A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions). Synonyms: breach, break, falling out, rupture, severance.

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... like dynamite, blasted away all opposition. He was in thorough mastery of the situation. The waves of the sea were now calm, the fierce winds had abated, there was a great rift in the dark clouds. The ship of state was sailing placidly on the bosom of the erstwhile troubled sea, and Belton was ...

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