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n. - A bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb; A bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano.

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  • The crater is supposed to lead down into spirit-land.
  • On top of that, I think they call the crater Darth crater.
  • In fact, a crater is quite the opposite of what they should have.
  • The enormous crater is a lake of liquid fire, from six to nine miles in circumference.
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  • The "creator" (someone who creates something) created that "creature" (a person or other animal) in the "crater" (a large cavity in the ground caused by a heavy impact).
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