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cratered

verb

  1. To form craters in a surface (of a planet or moon).

  2. To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.

    Similar: hollow out, implode

  3. To crash or fall.

    "He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson."

Synonymshollow out, implode
adjective

  1. Marked by craters

    "The planet had a cratered surface."

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