01 n. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.
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A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.“That deep, romantic chasm which slanted down the green hill.” — Coleridge.
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A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men.“Memory . . . fills up the chasms of thought.” — Addison.