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"Crater" Definition

noun

A bowl-shaped depression at the mouth of a volcano or geyser.
A bowl-shaped depression in a surface made by an explosion or the impact of a body, such as a meteoroid.
A pit; a hollow.
Variant of krater.
The bowl-shaped depression around the orifice of a volcano.

verb-intransitive

Slang To fail utterly: "talked about how tough times were in Texas since the oil business cratered” ( Stephen Coonts).
Slang To fall and crash violently from a great height.
To form a crater or craters.

verb-transitive

To make craters in: "The missiles did not . . . crater the airfield” ( Tom Clancy).

verb

To exhibit or form.
To fail or fall suddenly and dramatically.
To form craters in.

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