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fault line

noun

Definitions

  1. The line formed by the intersection of the plane of a fault with the surface of the Earth.

  2. A minor split (in public opinion, etc.) that may develop into something larger.

    • Yet the process may lead to new fault lines and resentments across the notoriously unstable Lebanese political system whose 18 different confessional groups share all levels of power.

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