CRANKED (UP) Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

cranked (up)

verb

past tense of crank (up)

as in activated

to cause to function crank up the CD player so we can dance

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According to the complaint, ICE officers pursued Garces-Perez through commercial and residential areas with emergency lights and sirens activated.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Facilitators then break into the machine and install malicious software that can be remotely activated to bypass its security systems.

— Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of activated

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The end may finally be near for cleanup of a toxic industrial site that triggered a public emergency and environmental crisis on Florida’s Gulf Coast five years ago.

— Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Last year’s catastrophic southern floods, triggered by 25 inches of rain over three days, killed at least 145, inundated more than 33,000 homes and damaged critical facilities such as schools, hospitals and highways.

— Reuters, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of triggered

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The verdicts have sparked daily protests in the small Balkan country.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Federal authorities on Thursday charged a Boston-area man with harassing Katie Miller, the conservative podcaster and wife of senior White House aide Stephen Miller, in a case that sparked a heated debate among prosecutors and within the FBI.

— Jeremy Roebuck, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of sparked

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That same day, another couple, navy veterans Iris and David Galindo, drove to Moonlight Ridge to pick up their first order of goat milk.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
The government says the non-oil economy and job creation drove growth in the first half of this year.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of drove

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That set off a flurry of Houthi attacks on Saudi infrastructure, and the Houthis’ announcement of a blockade against Saudi shipping on the Red Sea — now the main corridor for Saudi energy exports.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
That his name was leaked as a prospective future CEO to drama-seeking observers only set off erroneous ripple effects of speculation that Solomon was headed out the door.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

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