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fissure

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of fissure

an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure

lava flows up through a fissure in the earth's crust

Synonyms of fissure

check, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, rift, split

Words Related to fissure

craze, hairline

fracture, rupture

breach, gap, opening

cut, gash, incision, slit

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