fissure

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Volcanoes in Iceland are capable of producing fissure eruptions that last for years or even decades, consistent with the 14 year platinum signal.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

The bus fell into three-metre-wide ice fissure on Friday, Kobzev said in a post on Telegram.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Perhaps the fissure should bring to mind Nordic depression, or familial misadventures in communication.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Asked about the fissure, Cortez Masto responded evenly and with diplomacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

Then with a rush it leaped across the fissure.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien