cratering

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of crater

noun

1. The creation of a crater on a surface.

   “Is the Minister in a position to give the results of ithe Garda investigation of the two latest allegations of deliberate crossings and craterings of Irish roads?”

   “Major craterings are quite apparent on the older and non-reworked faces of the other planets and their satellites.”

   “Many of the building fronts bore the pockmarks of rifle or machine gun fire; a few showed the larger craterings of aircraft cannon, and an occasional pile of nibble showed the effects of artillery or bombs.”

   “The moon also hangs as an inhospitable, cold companion in the night, a grim ball that shows many signs of craterings on its surface but not the great number we see now.”