Rift sounds like rip, and it's helpful to think of it that way. When there is a rift in a political party over a particular policy, it is like a rip or tear in the fabric of the group.
p. p. of
Noun
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
Noun
a narrow fissure in rock
Noun
a gap between cloud masses; "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds"
p. p. of Rive.
n.
An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.
n.
A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
v. t.
To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a
rock; to rift the clouds.
v. i.
To burst open; to split.
v. i.
To belch.
Rift
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Rift
To dwell these rifted rocks between.
Rift
Timber . . . not apt to rif with ordnance.2.
p. p. of
An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.
To cleave; to rive; to split;
To burst open; to split.
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