as in crevice
an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure
lava flows up through a fissure in the earth's crust
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After a brief swarm of earthquakes, a series of fissures opened in the floor of the Halema'uma'u caldera, producing lava fountains and flows that have now crept along the caldera floor.
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Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
Angela Stent, a former national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council, said Putin is likely in no rush to end the war amid the fissures between Trump and Zelensky and between Europe and the U.S. about the way ahead.
—Aamer Madhani, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
With support for Proposition 1 varying little across race or geography, ideological lines proved to be the main fissure.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Pandemic aid, which papered over the city’s fiscal fissures these past few years, is gone now.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
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Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
Angela Stent, a former national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council, said Putin is likely in no rush to end the war amid the fissures between Trump and Zelensky and between Europe and the U.S. about the way ahead.
—Aamer Madhani, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
With support for Proposition 1 varying little across race or geography, ideological lines proved to be the main fissure.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Pandemic aid, which papered over the city’s fiscal fissures these past few years, is gone now.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Fissure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fissure. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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