noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
heal the wounds/breach/division/rift
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Our main goal must be to heal the divisions in our society.
rift valley
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deep
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As you can imagine, the bequest has caused a deep rift between them.
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This episode reveals a deep and continuing rift between the descendants of Oswiu and the kings of Leodwald's line.
■ NOUN
valley
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Luisenlund Bronze Age monoliths and the rift valley of Ekkodal.
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Seafloor spreading becomes tangible in the rift valleys of the mid-ocean ridges.
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Upland masses exist on either side of a central rift valley .
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Further evidence contradicting the traditional symmetric rift valley model comes from observations of their morphology and surface structure.
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Some rift valleys are analogous to mid-oceanic ridges in experiencing shallow earthquakes and volcanicity.
■ VERB
cause
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But the longer it rumbles on, the more likely it is to cause a permanent rift .
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As you can imagine, the bequest has caused a deep rift between them.
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Don't let the boys know that they have the power to cause a rift between you and your husband.
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The ordination of women and treatment of homosexual clergy - both sensitive issues - may well cause rifts .
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Have you been staring at something long enough to cause a rift in your faith?
heal
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They have gone some way to healing their internal rifts .
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A few weeks later, the two old and broken men moved to heal their twenty-year rift .
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Understand the lesson in this for you, and heal the rift between you.
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Many in the legal profession hoped that the Committee would help heal the rift between the two branches of the legal profession.
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Laurie Mains is at the centre of efforts to heal the rift between players and media.
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Theo's visit was intended by both brothers to heal a rift which had developed between them.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It took a good five years for the rift within the party to mend.
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Joe's marriage caused a huge rift in the family.
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The family arguments finally caused a rift between the mother and daughter that has not yet healed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Care should be taken when dealing with loved ones as a rift could form if you are too argumentative.
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Crucially, a rift developed between a local strike leadership and the trade union's national officials.
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He will not entertain questions about his 25-year rift with Dean Martin, who died recently.
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The only preventive measure researchers can take is to concentrate on what is triggering quakes on the rifts that are turned on.
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Viacom employees said they were surprised because they had no clues of any rift between Redstone and his top lieutenant.