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cre•vasse
Pronunciation: (kru-vas'), [key]
—n., v., -vassed, -vas•sing.
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n.
1. a fissure, or deep cleft, in glacial ice, the earth's surface, etc.
2. a breach in an embankment or levee.
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v.t.
to fissure with crevasses.
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