noun.
A large crater formed by a volcanicexplosion or by collapse of the cone of a volcano.
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noun.
a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression
Word Usage
"I believe it has its own atmosphere because it is built in what you call a caldera, but I may have picked that information up from like a Syfy TV movie about the Coming Global Superstorm, or invented it in my own mind."