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Definition
a long, narrow crack; or its creation — especially in the ground or in rock
or:
a crack in the unity of a group; or its creation
or:
a crack in the unity of a group; or its creation
- She was getting so good the cracks and fissures were smaller and smaller.Chapter Ten (80% in)
- Underneath her smile and exclamations to my sister and me were fissures that led somewhere deep inside her.Chapter Twelve (74% in)
There are no more uses of "fissure" in The Lovely Bones.
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