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fissure

A long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting. / To split or crack something into separate parts. / To split or crack open.

Transitive VerbIntransitive Verb[C/U] Both

pl: fissurespast: fissuredpp: fissureding: fissuring

This term carries a clinical or technical weight, evoking images of geological instability or medical precision. It suggests a clean, structural break rather than a jagged tear or a messy hole, implying a separation that occurs along a specific line of weakness.

Countable when referring to a specific physical crack in a rock or a bone. Uncountable when describing the general state of being split or fragmented.

Meanings

Noun

A long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting.

The geologist pointed out a deep fissure in the canyon wall.

Transitive Verb

[~ something]

To split or crack something into separate parts.

The extreme heat caused the clay to fissure as it dried.

Intransitive Verb

To split or crack open.

The dry earth began to fissure under the relentless sun.

Examples

There is a fissure here.

The rock has a fissure.

Look at this small fissure.

Water leaked through a narrow fissure.

The ice began to fissure slowly.

A deep fissure appeared in the wall.

The dragon crawled out of a volcanic fissure.

Fantasy

The doctor examined the skin fissure on the heel.

Health

We noticed a fissure in the ancient temple wall.

Travel

The treaty failed to bridge the political fissure.

Business

Seismic activity created a massive fissure across the plain.

History

The structural fissure suggests a failure in the foundation.

Trivia

Phrasal Verbs

fissure open

to split or crack apart, typically due to pressure or environmental stress

The frozen ground began to fissure open as the temperature dropped further.

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