Definition of "rift" []

• A narrow fissure in rock. (noun)
• A break in friendly relations: a rift between siblings. (noun)
• To split open; break. (verb-intransitive)
• To cause to split open or break. (verb-transitive)
• A shallow area in a waterway. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Jack has all that power inside of him ... maybe repairing the rift is the "reason" he was brought into exisitence."
• "The second rift is over whether the French company is required to buy 12 power plants — most of them coal-fired — from Constellation for as much as $2 billion."
• "Not coincidentally, this rift is deepening even as Gujarat booms economically, with brand-new malls, multi plexes, highways, and private ports transforming it into a pulsing region-state athwart Indian Ocean trade routes."