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

There were some wince-worthy coverage breakdowns for the Chargers pass defense, and particularly at corner.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Compounding those stumbles have been frequent defensive breakdowns.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of breakdowns

Noun

Later experiments at the Beijing Spectrometer and Belle in Japan supported its existence, but all of those observations came from collisions between electrons and positrons.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
Projects on the high injury network, which documents areas where serious collisions happen most frequently, are eligible for a separate pot of funding under Vision Zero.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of collisions

Noun

Huron Aviation, Alpena, Michigan (Lake Huron) Get a unique perspective on the wrecks in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary by seeing them from the air.

— Stacy Conde, Midwest Living, 10 Aug. 2026
Car wrecks in which people are injured are frequent and many are not criminal matters, defense attorney Gill said in his closing argument in the guilt-innocence trial phase.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026

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