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chasm
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- pronunciation:
- kae
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a deep fissure or cleft in the earth's surface; gorge.
There was an old bridge across the chasm, but no one dared to cross it.
- synonyms:
- canyon, crevasse, fissure, gorge, gulch, ravine
- similar words:
- breach, cleft, crevice, gulf, rift
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| definition 2: |
any gap or breach.
- synonyms:
- breach, gap, opening, rent
- similar words:
- break, cleft, gulf, hole, rift, separation, space
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| definition 3: |
a division or separation caused by a pronounced difference of opinion, beliefs, or the like.
Their intense disagreement on this issue caused a chasm between the friends.- synonyms:
- breach, gulf, rift, rupture
- similar words:
- conflict, disaffection, discord, falling-out, friction, rent, schism, separation
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| related words: |
abyss, blank, canyon, gap, gape, gorge, gully, pit, valley, void |
adjective + (n.)chasm
bottomless,
cultural,
dark,
deep,
endless,
enormous,
ethnic,
gaping,
giant,
grand,
growing,
historic,
huge,
ideological,
intellectual,
narrow,
philosophical,
profound,
racial,
vast,
wide,
widening,
yawning
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verb + (n.)chasm
bridge, create, cross, disappear, narrow, plunge, reveal, slide, span, swallow, widen
(n.)chasm
+ verb
close, deepen, divide, exist, leap, litter, open, separate, spread, yawn
noun + (n.)chasm
bridge, brink, cliff, crag, crevasse, depth, divide, edge, gap, implementation, log, poverty, silence
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| derivation: |
chasmal (adj.) |
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