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A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.

The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.

The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.

(by extension) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.

To form craters in a surface (of a planet or moon).

To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.

To crash or fall.

Example: He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson.

An ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine.

A living being; an animal or (sometimes derogatory) a human.

Example: He's a creature of habit.   insects and other creatures

A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.

A being subservient to or dependent upon another.