fissure
noun
a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts.
fissures
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pluralof fissure.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The lake has dried up due to a combination of factors, including geological fissures that drain water underground, below-average rainfall and repeated heatwaves.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Celebrated Japanese writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda specializes in gentle, sentimental films about the tiny fissures that form along the foundation of families.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Colin Woodard, director of the Nationhood Lab at Salve Regina University, divides the US into a number of distinct identities, connected to those early fissures:
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
As Hass delicately puts it, “The open divergences between Washington and its partners over the war’s legitimacy, execution, and fallout have exposed fissures that risk metastasizing to other issue areas over time.”
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
“Great” Tally’s skin tingled, her eyes picking out the dark fissures all around them.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
