5
open(verb, adjective, clear, release, spread)
5
passage(noun, break, cut, crack, opening)
5
puncture(noun, verb, clear, separate, open)
5
rip(noun, tear, hole, puncture, tearing)
5
shortcoming(noun, difficulty, weakness, fault, lack)
4
blemish(noun, difficulty, weakness, fault, lack)
4
check(noun, break, halt, delay, weakness)
4
crevasse(noun, break, crack, flaw, void)
4
deficit(noun, loss, incompleteness, underperformance)
4
divide(noun, verb, break, part, cut)
4
door(noun, opening, breach, hole)
4
drawback(noun, difficulty, weakness, fault, failing)
4
emptiness(noun, situation, job, opening, void)
4
hold-up(noun, delay, pause)
4
incompatibility(noun, agree, difference, distinction, disparity)
4
mismatch(noun, difference, disparity, variance, incongruity)
4
shortage(noun, weakness, crack, fault, loss)
4
spread(noun, verb, time, area, remove)
4
valley(noun, cut, pass, ravine)
4
weak point(noun, expression, idiom, difficulty, weakness)
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