[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Geology, Astronomy.Also calledimpact crater;.a large bowl-shaped depression on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body, formed by the impact of a meteorite.Compare astrobleme .a similar depression or cavity that forms the opening of a volcano or geyser. The volcanic activity that creates such craters occurs on the surface of the earth as well as a number of other heavenly bodies.", "Also calledimpact crater;.a large bowl-shaped depression on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body, formed by the impact of a meteorite.Compare astrobleme .", "a similar depression or cavity that forms the opening of a volcano or geyser. The volcanic activity that creates such craters occurs on the surface of the earth as well as a number of other heavenly bodies.", "the hole or pit in the ground where a bomb, shell, or military mine has exploded.", "Electricity.the cavity formed in a positive carbon electrode by an electric arc.", "Greek and Roman Antiquity. krater(def) krater(def).", "Metalworking.a depression at the end of a bead produced by welding.", "genitive Crateris[krey-, teer, -is].(initial capital letter)Astronomy.the Cup, a small southern constellation west of Corvus and north of Hydra."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make craters in:Bombs had cratered the landscape.", "Slang.to cancel, abandon, or cast aside:to crater the new project.to destroy or ruin:One more disappointment won't crater me.to collapse, plunge, or fail suddenly; crash :The company’s has cratered 35% this year.", "to cancel, abandon, or cast aside:to crater the new project.", "to destroy or ruin:One more disappointment won't crater me.", "to collapse, plunge, or fail suddenly; crash :The company’s has cratered 35% this year."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to form a crater or craters:The surface of the concrete cratered and cracked under the repeated impacts."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Joseph Force[fawrs, fohrs],1889–?,a judge of the New York State Supreme Court: his mysterious disappearance on August 6, 1930, has never been solved."]}]