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rifting

verb

Meaning

  1. To form a rift; to split open.
  2. To cleave; to rive; to split.
  3. (obsolete outside Scotland and northern Britain) To belch.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

breach(English)rupture(English)break(English)severance(English)falling out(English)distension(English)crustal(English)volcanism(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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