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
The whole issue of health care, and the profits that come with it, continues to be an angry fissure in public debate.
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 6 Dec. 2024
The issue has already brought to light fissures within the party.
—Tami Luhby, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
It was heralded by a swarm of earthquakes, and then the opening of fissures in the floor of the Halema'uma'u caldera.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
The smoldering conditions also caused pressure to build, resulting in geysers of hazardous liquid waste bursting onto the surface and white smoke seeping out of long fissures.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 6 Dec. 2024
The issue has already brought to light fissures within the party.
—Tami Luhby, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
It was heralded by a swarm of earthquakes, and then the opening of fissures in the floor of the Halema'uma'u caldera.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
The smoldering conditions also caused pressure to build, resulting in geysers of hazardous liquid waste bursting onto the surface and white smoke seeping out of long fissures.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Fissure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fissure. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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