FISSURING Synonyms

• the act of breaking something into small pieces

• seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering

• the act of chipping something

• resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree

• shedding tears

• marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid

• a failure to perform some promised act or obligation

• an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• make an opening or gap in

• a boy or man

• a long narrow depression in a surface

• a crack in a lip caused usually by cold

• (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs

• crack due to dehydration

• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

• make by cutting into

• come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

• break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity

• cause to undergo fission or lose particles

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)

• a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

• separate into parts or portions

• perform a division

• act as a barrier between; stand between

• move or break apart

• make a division or separation

• force, take, or pull apart

• breaking of hard tissue such as bone

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• the act of cracking something

• violate or abuse

• interrupt, break, or destroy

• break into pieces

• become fractured

• break (a bone)

• fracture a bone of

• a piece broken off or cut off of something else

• a broken piece of a brittle artifact

• an incomplete piece

• break or cause to break into pieces

• To notch, as a sword or knife.

• To make an opening in; to breach.

• To check the size of a gap.

• To leave suddenly.

• A type of ellipsis that occurs in the non-initial conjuncts of coordinate structures, and usually elides minimally a finite verb and further any non-finite verbs that are present. Example: "Some ate bread, and others rice."

• The formation of a gap.

• state of being torn or burst open

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• the act of making a sudden noisy break

• separate or cause to separate abruptly

• independent; not united or joint

• a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

• a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

• standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

• separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

• have the connection undone; having become separate

• act as a barrier between; stand between

• force, take, or pull apart

• mark as different

• separate into parts or portions

• divide into components or constituents

• arrange or order by classes or categories

• make a division or separation

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• treat differently on the basis of sex or race

• move or break apart

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• a long narrow depression in a surface

• a long narrow cleft

• a boy or man

• a long narrow depression in a surface

• a crack in a lip caused usually by cold

• (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs

• crack due to dehydration

• a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)

• a long narrow cleft

• split or divided

• having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib

• a long narrow depression in a surface

• a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)

• a long narrow cleft