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   Fis·sure

   /ˈfiSHər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
   • ▪ a long narrow opening in the form of a crack or groove, e.g., any of the spaces separating convolutions of the brain.
   • ▪ a state of incompatibility or disagreement: "the fissure between private sector business and the newly expanding public sector"

   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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