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crater

noun as in cavity

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After 23 months of war, it now lies in ruins, pockmarked by craters, with burned-out wards and bullet holes.

From BBC

The cemetery has already been heavily damaged by bombardments earlier in the conflict, with a crater left by a previous strike also visible.

From BBC

“I’m mentally exhausted,” Bishop said as she gazed at the row of craters where the headstones once rested.

Mr Kalinichenko points to a crater beyond some rose bushes where a Shahed drone crashed a couple of nights earlier, shattering his windows and cutting his leg.

From BBC

BBC Verify showed several experts photos of the crater left in the wake of the explosion and the remaining munition fragments.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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