cratered
cratered is the simple past and past participle of crater.
Meaning of crater
Verb
crater (third-person singular simple present craters, present participle cratering, simple past and past participle cratered)
- To form craters in a surface.
- To collapse catastrophically; to become devastated or completely destroyed.
- Yup, John McCain said to me the economy “is about to crater.” You folks worried about the economy? Whoo! Not me.2008 November 25, David Letterman, quoting John McCain, “‘The Economy Is Exploding’”, in NYTimes blog
- Synonyms:
- implode, hollow out, tank
- To crash or fall.
- He cratered into that snow bank about five seconds after his first lesson.
- To die from fall damage.
Adjective
cratered (comparative more cratered, superlative most cratered)
- Marked by craters.
- The planet had a cratered surface.
- The Mariner photos showed large areas of the red planet to have a much-cratered surface strikingly like that of the moon. Now the computers have clarified some previously undecipherable closeups taken by Mariner 6.1969 November, Arthur Fisher, “Science Newsfront: Last-minute news and notes to keep you up-to-date”, in Popular Science, volume 195, number 5, page 22
Forms of cratered
| comparative | more cratered |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cratered |
Origin of cratered
From crater + -ed.
Questions about cratered
- What does cratered mean?
- Cratered means marked by craters.
- What is cratered the simple past and past participle of?
- Cratered is the simple past and past participle of crater.
- What part of speech is cratered?
- Cratered is an adjective.
Words near cratered in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cratered (page history and authors); crater (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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