Synonyms of fissures

fissures

noun

plural of fissure

as in crevices

an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crevices
• rifts
• cracks
• clefts
• splits
• gaps
• fractures
• crannies
• chinks
• crevasses
• checks
• ruptures
• slits
• openings
• incisions
• gashes
• breaches
• hairlines
• crazes
• cuts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fissures

Groundwater steadily rises through fissures in the limestone bedrock, providing the spring with a constant flow of pristine water. — Savannah Born, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2026

Allegations expose fissures within SEIU Two law firms conducted separate investigations into Regan’s behavior at SEIU California, an umbrella group consisting of 17 local service unions. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Back home, though, McKoon keeps getting reminders of the fissures inside his own party. — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 11 Sep. 2026

But beyond that, the anti-Houthi coalition must finally address the fissures that continue to tear it apart and agree on a credible political vision for resolving the Yemeni conflict. — April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026

But craters and debris from billions of years of impacts covered many of these fissures, said lead study author Gaku Nishiyama, a planetary scientist at the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Space Research in Berlin. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Concrete slabs between the homes had started to crack or buckle, with some of the fissures running all the way up to or under the homes’ walls, the news outlet reported. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

However, a single compound cannot easily squeeze into tight internal fissures while also binding to wide open surfaces. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026

Researchers did not find strong evidence that perianal diseases themselves cause changes in sleep patterns overall, though the paper reports an association involving anal fissures and sleep duration. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026