RIFT


Meaning of RIFT in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

heal the wounds/breach/division/rift

Our main goal must be to heal the divisions in our society.

rift valley

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

deep

As you can imagine, the bequest has caused a deep rift between them.

This episode reveals a deep and continuing rift between the descendants of Oswiu and the kings of Leodwald's line.

■ NOUN

valley

Luisenlund Bronze Age monoliths and the rift valley of Ekkodal.

Seafloor spreading becomes tangible in the rift valleys of the mid-ocean ridges.

Upland masses exist on either side of a central rift valley .

Further evidence contradicting the traditional symmetric rift valley model comes from observations of their morphology and surface structure.

Some rift valleys are analogous to mid-oceanic ridges in experiencing shallow earthquakes and volcanicity.

■ VERB

cause

But the longer it rumbles on, the more likely it is to cause a permanent rift .

As you can imagine, the bequest has caused a deep rift between them.

Don't let the boys know that they have the power to cause a rift between you and your husband.

The ordination of women and treatment of homosexual clergy - both sensitive issues - may well cause rifts .

Have you been staring at something long enough to cause a rift in your faith?

heal

They have gone some way to healing their internal rifts .

A few weeks later, the two old and broken men moved to heal their twenty-year rift .

Understand the lesson in this for you, and heal the rift between you.

Many in the legal profession hoped that the Committee would help heal the rift between the two branches of the legal profession.

Laurie Mains is at the centre of efforts to heal the rift between players and media.

Theo's visit was intended by both brothers to heal a rift which had developed between them.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

It took a good five years for the rift within the party to mend.

Joe's marriage caused a huge rift in the family.

The family arguments finally caused a rift between the mother and daughter that has not yet healed.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Care should be taken when dealing with loved ones as a rift could form if you are too argumentative.

Crucially, a rift developed between a local strike leadership and the trade union's national officials.

He will not entertain questions about his 25-year rift with Dean Martin, who died recently.

The only preventive measure researchers can take is to concentrate on what is triggering quakes on the rifts that are turned on.

Viacom employees said they were surprised because they had no clues of any rift between Redstone and his top lieutenant.

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