fissure
Example Sentences
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The SDF had long shown fissures among the Kurdish, Arab and other factions that made up its force.
The peak of Yosemite’s granite wall is higher than the tallest building in the world and requires climbers to navigate a maze of fissures, crevices and cracks.
From Los Angeles Times
Telling your husband to cut his children out of his will won’t improve his relationship with them, but it will cause fissures in your own marriage.
From MarketWatch
When it rains, moisture seeps into fissures in the road and weakens the asphalt, which can break apart and buckle under the weight of passing cars and trucks.
From Los Angeles Times
U.S. pressure is starting to cause fissures in Danish politics after a year in which Nuuk and Copenhagen remained largely aligned despite a contentious colonial history.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
