Cratering

Synonyms for "cratering" (22 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Noun(5 words)
collapsecrater creationcrater formationcrater formingcrater producing

Strong matches (6)

Noun(6 words)
crateredcratered surfacecratered terraincratered topographycreatedent

Related words (11)

Noun(11 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

12 entries
alterchangedeclinedecreasegeologic phenomenongeologic processlandformmodifyplanetary surface processsurface featuresurface morphologyterrain feature

More specific

15 entries
bolide crateringcrater fieldcratered highlandscratered plaincratered plainsexplosive blastimpact crater formationimpact crateringmarket crashmeteoroid crateringmeteoroid impactpocked terrainstock dropvolcanic crater formationvolcanic cratering

Collocations

8 entries
crater formationcratered surfacecratering eventcratering processcratering rateimpact crateringplanetary crateringsurface cratering

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

3 entries
cratercrateredcratering?

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The surface of Mercury has been shaped by three processes: impact cratering where large objects struck the surface resulting in crater formation, volcanism where lava flooded the surface, and tectonic activity where the planet's crust moved in order to adjust to the planetary cooling and contracting.

Source: tatoeba (3955449)

Is the Minister in a position to give the results of ithe Garda investigation of the two latest allegations of deliberate crossings and craterings of Irish roads?

Source: wiktionary

Major craterings are quite apparent on the older and non-reworked faces of the other planets and their satellites.

Source: wiktionary

Many of the building fronts bore the pockmarks of rifle or machine gun fire; a few showed the larger craterings of aircraft cannon, and an occasional pile of nibble showed the effects of artillery or bombs.

Source: wiktionary

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