fissure

nounfeminine/fiˈsuɾɐ/medium

fis·su·ra

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1A long, narrow crack or opening in a solid surface.

After the earthquake, a fissure appeared in the wall of the old house.

The ice had several dangerous fissures.

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fissure in the wallfissure in the icedeep fissure

2A powerful, often compulsive desire, especially for drugs or something addictive.

He felt a craving for cocaine after weeks of abstinence.

I have a chocolate craving that's hard to control.

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drug cravinguncontrollable cravingfeel a craving

Do latim 'fissura' (fenda, racha), de 'findere' (fender).