1. having a crack, split, or fissure
Usage: geological
2. divided or separated, especially by disagreement
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The rifted valley stretched for miles across the landscape.
• Tectonic forces created a rifted zone along the ocean floor.
• The once-close friends became rifted after their argument.
• The rifted rock formation revealed layers of ancient sediment.
• Political differences left the community rifted and polarized.
• Scientists studied the rifted continental margin.
• The rifted relationship between the siblings lasted for years.