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tear(noun, break, split, opening, breach)
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eyelet(noun, break, cut, crack, opening)
4
orifice(noun, opening, breach, space, hole)
4
punching(noun, entrance, saturation, diffusion, seepage)
4
rupture(noun, break, open, split, opening)
3
acupuncture
3
bore
3
cavity(noun, break, cut, crack, breach)
3
cut(noun, break, flat, crack, informal)
3
foramen(noun, break, cut, crack, opening)
3
pit(noun, well, hole, hollow, cavity)
3
puncturing
3
rift(noun, break, cut, split, opening)
3
stab(noun, open, flat, tear, wound)
3
wound(noun, tear, hole, prick, puncture)
2
abyss(well, hole, hollow)
2
chasm(noun, break, cut, crack, breach)
2
chink(noun, break, cut, crack, split)
2
chip(noun, breach)
2
crevice(noun, breach, hole, gap, aperture)
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