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craze

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of CRAZE

to cause to go insane or as if insane <soldiers who had been crazed by months of combat and chaos in the countryside>

Synonyms crack, derange, frenzy, loco, madden, unbalance, unhinge, unstring

Related Words agitate, bother, confuse, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, perturb, unsettle, upset; annoy, irritate, vex

Near Antonyms calm, quiet, relax, settle, soothe, tranquilize (also tranquillize)

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