A cinder-and-spatter cone is building at fissure 8 as the cone continues to feed a lava flow that reaches the ocean at Kapoho during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii.
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Fissure
/ˈfɪʃ.ə/
Synonyms for "fissure" (251 found)
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Noun(12 words)
cleuchcloughcolcome apartcome unstuckconvolutioncorpus callosumcorpus striatumcouleecouloircrackcrannycrevassecrevicecutcut awaycut in twocut offcut opencwm
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defiledelldichotomizediencephalondikedisintegratedispartdisseverditchdivaricatedividedongadrawdura materendbrainexcavationexciseexfoliatefall to piecesfaultflawflumefly openfoliaforebrainfornixfracturefrontal lobefurrowgapgapegashgive awaygive wayglial cellsglobus pallidusgorgegray mattergroovegulch
Verb(2 words)
corradecrack under pressure
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gulfgullygyrushackhalvehewhiatushindbrainhippocampusholehypothalamusinciseincisioninterimintermissioninterruptionintervaljigsawjointkloof
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lacunalancelay openleaklenticular nucleusletuplimbic lobelittle brainlobelullmantlemedulla oblongatameningesmesencephalonmetencephalonmidbrainmoatmyelencephalonneopalliumnotchnullahoccipital lobeopeopenopen upopeningoptic chiasmpalliumpareparietal lobepartpasspassagepausepia materpineal bodypituitary bodyponspruneravinerendrentreticular systemrhombencephalonriftrimeripriverupturesawscaleschismscissorscissureseamseparateseverslashsliceslitslotsnapsnipsplintersplitspreadspread outspringspring a leakspring openstartsubthalamussundersuspensionswing opentapteartear opentelencephalontemporal lobethalamusthrow opentrenchvalleyventventriclevermisvoidwadiwhite matterwhittle
Noun(13 words)
Adjective(1 words)
propagating tear
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12 entriesanatomical featurechange in statecrackdepressiongapgrooveimpressionimprintopeningphysical changevalleculaverb
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9 entriesdeep fissurefissure linefissure networkfissure openingfissure planefissure widthgeologic fissurerock fissuresurface fissure
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Steam rises from cracks in the road shortly before a fissure opened up on Kaupili Street in the Leilani Estates subdivision, May 4, 2018, in Pahoa, Hawaii, in this image released by the U.S. Geological Survey.
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After Miller's Dale Junction, the main Derby-Manchester line crosses the Wye for the last time and turns north-west up Great Rocks Dale, a natural fissure several miles long.
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