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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Recent Examples of fissure
That creates a fissure among the survivors, an escalating conflict through which the behaviors of young men, both for better and worse (mostly worse), are boiled down to their terrifying essence.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 May 2026
The ledges are broken by crevices and fissures, and loose rocks of all sizes lie on them and below them.
—Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
Reese’s remarks also struck a fissure in her relationship with ownership and the front office that, per a league source, never successfully healed.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Cracks and fissures are being monitored on several walls, ceilings and facades throughout the hall.
—Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 May 2026
The ledges are broken by crevices and fissures, and loose rocks of all sizes lie on them and below them.
—Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
Reese’s remarks also struck a fissure in her relationship with ownership and the front office that, per a league source, never successfully healed.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Cracks and fissures are being monitored on several walls, ceilings and facades throughout the hall.
—Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fissure
Noun
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Designed to crawl through tight crevices or trudge across rough terrain, X-Humanoid says they’re being built for jobs that humans would rather not do.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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Its pointed corners fit into crevices for raking out hard-to-reach pet hair from the car’s interior, car mats or any other fabric surface.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
15 May 2026
Noun
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And whatever rifts had formed in his relationship with Altman were largely absent from social media.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Emails sent just weeks before her resignation show what Watson portrayed as a rift between herself, Police Chief Kathy Lester and Assistant City Manager Leyne Milstein.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2026
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“Fissure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fissure. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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