chasm
A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissureA deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
» We're starting our descent into the chasm.
Мы скатываемся в пропасть.
Meaning
2 sensesA deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
Abgrund, Kluft, Spalte
бе́зднаbézdna, про́пастьprópastʹ, рассе́линаrassélina
прі́рваprírva, безо́дняbezódnja
(broadly)A large difference of opinion.
Kluft
разногла́сияraznoglásija, раско́лraskól
- a deep opening in the earth's surface
Examples
10 sentencesWe're starting our descent into the chasm.
ruМы скатываемся в пропасть.
He's standing on the edge of the chasm.
This silence feels like a chasm between us.
The chasm is twenty feet wide and very deep.
The pupils of her eyes had the blackness of a deep chasm.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin chasma, from Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma, “abyss, cleft”). Doublet of chasma. CFrom Latin chasma, from Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma, “abyss, cleft”). Doublet of chasma. Compare schism. Displaced native Old English swelh and Old English elh.
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