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crack
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of CRACK
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to yield to mental or emotional stress <after hours of tough questioning the suspect finally cracked and blurted out a confession>
Related Words choke
Phrases blow one's cool, fall apart, go off the deep end, go to pieces, lose it
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to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language <the United States military used the Navajo language as a code during World War II, and the enemy never cracked it>
Related Words descramble, unscramble; render, translate; dope (out), figure out, puzzle (out), solve, unravel, unriddle, work, work out
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to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner <cracked him on the bottom with a paddle>
Synonyms bang, bash, bat, belt, biff, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, crack, hammer, knock, nail, paste, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, tag, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale, zap
Related Words batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough; scuff; bunt, flick, stroke, tap; bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp; bowl (down or over), cream, deck, dump [slang], fell, floor, knock down, level; rabbit-punch, sucker punch; cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip; bean, brain, conk, skull
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