Great Rift

noun

, Astronomy.

a group of large dark clouds in the Milky Way between the constellations Cygnus and Sagittarius.

The great rift in the volcano widened, and the molten lava was visible until steam rose again.

He said no more, but ran forward again along the still unoccupied way, till a curve of the great rift hid him from their sight.

The great rift in which lay the accumulation of human remains was evidently the result of some volcanic upheaval.

Then for a moment a great rift in the barrier appears beneath us.

Let but a square mile be blown out of the bottom of the sea, or a great rift open there.

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