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crater
A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
Similar: astrobleme
The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
To form craters in a surface (of a planet or moon).
To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
Similar: hollow out, implode
To crash or fall.
"He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson."
An ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.
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