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• (nadir)- the lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair, (
); The nadir is the lowest point in the heavens and the zenith is
the highest. — Keats: Poems Published in 1820;
• (perigree)- the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, esp. the moon, or of
an artificial satellite at which it is nearest to the earth, (
); The moon is nearest the earth at her perigee, and
most distant at her apogee;
abyss ~ chasm ~ fissure = crevice = cleft^ cleave {rive = rend = rip = split =
sever : sunder^ asunder}
• (abyss)- a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm, (
, , , ); It was a dread of the abyss, the dread of the
crags which seemed to nod upon me. — A Set of Six;
• (chasm)- a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge,
( , , ); This chasm was probably about eight or nine
hundred feet deep, and its sides were straight and sheer as those of a well. —
Dreams and Dream Stories;
• (fissure)- a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts,
( , , , ); The sheet of once molten rock with which
a fissure has been filled is known as a dike. — The Elements of Geology;
• (crevice)- a crack forming an opening; cleft; rift; fissure, (
— The Color of Her Panties;
); At the end of the crevice was a boulder wedged in a hole.
• (cleft)- a space or opening made by cleavage; a split, ( ,
); This cleft is the only entrance to a valley three or four
miles long, which lies in the very heart of the mountains. — Views a-foot;
• (cleave) – to adhere closely; stick; cling, ( ; );
If you could stand outside it and see the universes cleave, I'm sure it would
be very spectacular;
• to split or divide by or as if by a cutting blow, esp. along a natural line of
division, as the grain of wood,( ; ); The proteases
rapidly cleaved globin peptides and intact hemoglobin at multiple different
sequences.;
• (rive) – to tear or rend apart; to rive meat from a bone;
• (rip) – to cut, tear apart, or tear away roughly or energetically;
• (split) – to break, burst, or rip apart with force; rend;
• (sever) – to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like,