See fissure in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A usually narrow partial opening caused by splitting and rupture:
break, chink, cleavage, cleft, crack, crevice, rift, split. See openAn interruption in friendly relations:
alienation, breach, break, disaffection, estrangement, rent2, rift, rupture, schism, split. See assemble, help
verb
To undergo partial breaking:
crack, fracture, rupture, split. See help
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