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as in to pop
to break suddenly with an explosive sound the tree branch unexpectedly cracked under our weight

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as in to choke
to yield to mental or emotional stress after hours of tough questioning the suspect finally cracked and blurted out a confession

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as in to decipher
to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language the United States military used the Navajo language as a code during World War II, and the enemy never cracked it

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as in to bother
to cause to go insane or as if insane cracked by years in solitary confinement, the prisoner could only maunder incoherently

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crack

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noun

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as in fissure
an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure a pebble struck the car's windshield and left a spidery crack in it

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crack

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adjective

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By adding bits, cracking encryption becomes exponentially more difficult – in this case, 50-bits to 2048-bit is 2^1998 times more difficult to crack. Joe Salas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2024 During the high-profile Al Smith Dinner — an election year tradition in New York City to raise money for Catholic charities and roast political candidates — comedian and dinner host Jim Gaffigan began cracking jokes about Donald, 78, as the former president and Melania, 54, sat just feet away. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Belarus has long been accused of encouraging migrants to reach the Polish border, at the behest of its ally Russia, in the hopes of exposing cracks in the EU’s border-free principles and common asylum system. Rob Picheta, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024 Recommended Innovation Slow and small, drones find cracks in Israel’s high-tech air defenses The White House has asked Congress for an extra $4 billion for FEMA to respond to tornadoes and wildfires and rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crack 

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“Crack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crack. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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