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cre·vasse (krə vas′)
noun
- a deep crack or fissure, esp. in a glacier
- ☆ a break in the levee of a river, dike, etc.
Etymology: Fr < OFr crevace, crevice
transitive verb crevassed -·vassed′, crevassing -·vass′·ing
to make a crevasse or crevasses in
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