CRACK-UPS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

crack-ups

noun

plural of crack-up

as in breakdowns

a mental or nervous collapse a crack-up required him to take a year off from work

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as in collisions

the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact two people were injured in a serious crack-up on the interstate

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Noun

But the debate has been difficult to settle because Irish national crime statistics do not routinely publish nationality breakdowns, leaving limited public data to test competing claims.

— Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
The platform brings together scripts, notes, budgets, location photography and production breakdowns, with the aim of streamlining information management across the production workflow.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of breakdowns

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Nearly 300 people are killed every year in traffic crashes in the city, with speed serving as the leading factor in the collisions.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Now researchers analyzing data from those collisions have seen an unexpected signal that offers new clues about how the cosmic transition happened eons ago.

— Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of collisions

Noun

There have been 42 accidents and crashes tied to the Catalina airport, claiming 30 lives since 1982.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
This planning study stems from the city’s high-injury network, a group of roads that have the highest number of serious injury and fatal crashes.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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