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- after hours of tough questioning the suspect finally cracked and blurted out a confession
Synonyms for crack
- break down,
- break up,
- flip (out)
- [slang],
- freak (out),
- melt down,
- wig (out)
- [slang]
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- 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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- cracked the bow of the ship with a champagne bottle
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- batter,
- beat,
- buffet,
- bung,
- chop,
- cuff,
- drub,
- lace,
- lambaste
- (or lambast),
- lick,
- mangle,
- maul,
- pelt,
- pepper,
- pommel,
- pummel,
- rough
- bowl (down or over),
- cream,
- deck,
- dump
- [slang],
- fell,
- floor,
- knock down,
- level
Phrases Synonymous with crack
- I've been mulling this riddle, but I just can't crack it
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- cracked by years in solitary confinement, the prisoner could only maunder incoherently
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- calm,
- quiet,
- relax,
- settle,
- soothe,
- tranquilize
- (also tranquillize)
crack
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of crack (Entry 2 of 3)
- a pebble struck the car's windshield and left a spidery crack in it
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- a disciplinary crack on the hand with a ruler was once common in schoolrooms
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- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- beat,
- belt,
- biff,
- blow,
- bop,
- box,
- buffet,
- bust,
- chop,
- clap,
- clip,
- clout,
- cuff,
- dab,
- douse
- [British],
- fillip,
- hack,
- haymaker,
- hit,
- hook,
- knock,
- larrup
- [dialect],
- lash,
- lick,
- pelt,
- pick,
- plump,
- poke,
- pound,
- punch,
- rap,
- slam,
- slap,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- sock,
- spank,
- stinger,
- stripe,
- stroke,
- swat,
- swipe,
- switch,
- thud,
- thump,
- thwack,
- wallop,
- welt,
- whack,
- wham,
- whop
- (also whap)
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- body blow,
- hand,
- kick,
- knee,
- left,
- one-two,
- rabbit punch,
- right,
- right-hander,
- roundhouse,
- shiver,
- sidewinder,
- sucker punch,
- swing,
- uppercut
- bastinado
- (or bastinade),
- battering,
- beating,
- bludgeoning,
- clobbering,
- cudgeling
- (or cudgelling),
- drubbing,
- hammering,
- lambasting,
- licking,
- pasting,
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- thrashing
- the tree fell with a sharp crack
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- this is my first crack at painting
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- a whispered crack made the whole back row start laughing
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- knee-slapper,
- panic
- [slang],
- riot,
- scream,
- thigh-slapper
- that conspiracy theorist has been labeled a crack by the ballistics experts
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crack
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of crack (Entry 3 of 3)
- known as one of the college's crack tennis players
Synonyms for crack
- accomplished,
- ace,
- adept,
- compleat,
- complete,
- consummate,
- crackerjack,
- educated,
- experienced,
- expert,
- good,
- great,
- master,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- practiced
- (also practised),
- professed,
- proficient,
- skilled,
- skillful,
- versed,
- veteran,
- virtuoso
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- all-around
- (also all-round),
- well-rounded
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