fI shər
noun
1. a narrow crevice or other opening, esp. one caused by splitting.
Steam issued from the fissures in the earth.
“Republican Fissures Deepen as Feuding Candidates Rip Up Loyalty Pledge.”
2. the act or process or an instance of splitting open.
“Our microcement is not subject to fissure or cracking.”
Predicting where fissure will occur is easier than predicting when it will occur.
transitive verb & intransitive verb
to split open.
After a long period of dry heat, the soil fissured.