"fiss" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /fɪs/ Forms: fisses [present, singular, third-person], fissing [participle, present], fissed [participle, past], fissed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪs Etymology: From fission by back-formation. Head templates: {{en-verb}} fiss (third-person singular simple present fisses, present participle fissing, simple past and past participle fissed)
  1. (transitive, nonstandard) To split apart into multiple entities. Tags: nonstandard, transitive
    Sense id: en-fiss-en-verb-Iu36tw2b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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  "etymology_text": "From fission by back-formation.",
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      "form": "fisses",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fissing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fissed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998, Richard Hanley, Is Data Human?",
          "text": "Perhaps every five minutes each person ceases to exist and is fissed, with one descendant instantly replacing the original and the other materializing on a twin Earth somewhere […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To split apart into multiple entities."
      ],
      "id": "en-fiss-en-verb-Iu36tw2b",
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        "(transitive, nonstandard) To split apart into multiple entities."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fɪs/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪs"
    }
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{
  "etymology_text": "From fission by back-formation.",
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    {
      "form": "fisses",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fissing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fissed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nonstandard terms",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪs",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪs/1 syllable"
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        {
          "ref": "1998, Richard Hanley, Is Data Human?",
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        "To split apart into multiple entities."
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        "(transitive, nonstandard) To split apart into multiple entities."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪs"
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