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Geological rift

We have found the following answers matching the query 'Geological rift' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Geological rift crossword clue was last seen on December 12 2022 in the popular New York Times Crossword.

RankAnswerCluePublisher
99%FAULTGeological riftNew York Times

Definition

• Defect; want; lack; default.
• Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish.
• A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.
• A dislocation of the strata of the vein.
• In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc.
• A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
• Failure to serve the ball into the proper court.
• To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame.
• To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in the p. p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted.
• To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong.

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