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   fissure

   /ˈfɪʃə/

   noun

   • 1. a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth: "the bacteria survive around vents or fissures in the deep ocean floor"
   • ▪ a long, narrow opening, e.g. any of the spaces separating convolutions of the brain.
   • 2. a state of incompatibility or disagreement: "a fissure between philosophy and reality"

   verb

   • 1. split or crack (something) to form a long, narrow opening: "the dry years had cracked and fissured the cliffs"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin fissura, from findere ‘to split’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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