crater

Example Sentences

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This area contains a series of long, shallow grooves set within a landscape of deep valleys, scattered impact craters, and surface textures that point to a distant ice age on the Red Planet.

From Science Daily

Given the moon’s position relative to the sun, the interiors of craters at its south pole remain in constant shadow.

From Los Angeles Times

The live stream showed a village in ruins with homes reduced to rubble and the ground covered in dark craters — scars of a war that has used an astonishing amount of artillery.

From Washington Post

The sinkhole appeared 15 years ago as a 20-foot crater and soon grew to over 900 feet wide as it destroyed cars and terrorized the town.

From Washington Times

It plans to end the mission sometime after 2035 by colliding with its target, leaving one more crater on its icy crust.

From Science Magazine