noun
A cleaving
dividing, splitting, separating; see break 1, division 1, fracture 1.
A fissure
split, cleft, rift; see hole 1, 2.
See cleavage in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
A usually narrow partial opening caused by splitting and rupture:
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