rifting
- present participle of rift.
Example Sentences
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As this separation occurs, a process called rifting stretches the crust sideways.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026
These pathways opened during a period of tectonic stretching and rifting that eventually split Rodinia apart.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2026
“There are a variety of older structures in the range, too, due to ancient rifting, that could be reactivated.”
From National Geographic ● Sep. 11, 2023
Other volcanoes can let their lava loose from rifting landscapes relatively quietly, while others unleash unexpected blasts of steam.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
A rifting light in me Burns through the leaden broodings of the mind: O bless-ed Sun, thy state Uprisen or derogate Dafts me no more with doubt; I seek and find.
From New Poems by Thompson, Francis
