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   Chasm (kăz'm), n. [L. chasma, Gr. χάσμα, fr. χαίνειν to gape, to open wide. See Chaos.]
   1. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.
   
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   That deep, romantic chasm which slanted down the green hill.  Coleridge.
   
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   2. A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men.
   
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   Memory . . . fills up the chasms of thought. Addison.
   
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