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- a severe energy crunch that resulted in long lines at the gas pumps
Synonyms for crunch
- dearth,
- deficiency,
- deficit,
- drought
- (also drouth),
- failure,
- famine,
- inadequacy,
- inadequateness,
- insufficiency,
- lack,
- lacuna,
- paucity,
- pinch,
- poverty,
- scantiness,
- scarceness,
- scarcity,
- shortage,
- undersupply,
- want
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Antonyms for crunch
- a player who's always good in a crunch, like when we need a goal to win the soccer match
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Phrases Synonymous with crunch
crunch
verb
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“Crunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crunch. Accessed 19 Jan. 2021.
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The first known use of crunch was in 1706
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