crater
Example Sentences
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Now the top of the mountain was a sharp gray point, with a great smoky crater yawning below.
From Literature
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One of them weaves between the craters under the watchful eyes of cows displaced from their enclosure.
From Barron's
After the collapse, large crowds gathered around the site of a crater where the buildings had stood.
From BBC
These collisions carved out vast craters and basins and altered the Moon's landscape and chemistry.
From Science Daily
Each scenario simulated a hypothetical lake inside the crater for 30 Martian years, or about 56 Earth years.
From Science Daily
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