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Chasm

//ˈkæzəm// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A locality and provincial park in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
Noun
  1. 1
    A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.

    "But always and ever there is a yawning chasm below[.]"

  2. 2
    a deep opening in the earth's surface wordnet
  3. 3
    A large difference of opinion. broadly

    "Chelsea may not have regarded themselves as title rivals to City over the whole season but this was a harrowing illustration of the current chasm between the two sides and made for disturbing viewing for the Italian."

Etymology

From Latin chasma, from Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma, “abyss, cleft”). Doublet of chasma. Compare schism.

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