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Rifted meaning
simple past and past participle of rift
Example sentences (2)
A second phase took place during the Mesozoic Era (before ~66 My) and consisted of a widespread extension of the Earth's crust that rifted and separated the continents mentioned above.
The oldest sediments were deposited on the flanks of a rifted continental margin, or passive margin that developed during Cambrian time.