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as in to choke
to yield to mental or emotional stress
after hours of tough questioning the suspect finally cracked and blurted out a confession
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as in to decipher
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
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as in to knock
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
cracked the bow of the ship with a champagne bottle
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as in to solve
to find an answer for through reasoning
I've been mulling this riddle, but I just can't crack it
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as in to bother
to cause to go insane or as if insane
cracked by years in solitary confinement, the prisoner could only maunder incoherently
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as in fissure
an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure
a pebble struck the car's windshield and left a spidery crack in it
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as in blow
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
a disciplinary crack on the hand with a ruler was once common in schoolrooms
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as in bang
a loud explosive sound
the tree fell with a sharp crack
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as in joke
something said or done to cause laughter
a whispered crack made the whole back row start laughing
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as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits
that conspiracy theorist has been labeled a crack by the ballistics experts
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as in skilled
having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor
known as one of the college's crack tennis players
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Recent Examples of crack
Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Marner sits fourth in league scoring and is on pace to finally crack the 100-point mark.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
Maybe next time, Andrew Garfield can be the one who lets DiCaprio do coke off his crack.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
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Most fundamentally, quantum computing promises to provide answers to problems previously thought unsolvable—puzzles that would take eons for the world’s best classical computers to crack.
—Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Marner sits fourth in league scoring and is on pace to finally crack the 100-point mark.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
Any cracks, breaks or openings in your ceiling or roof give warmth an opportunity to escape.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
Maybe next time, Andrew Garfield can be the one who lets DiCaprio do coke off his crack.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
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As the fires continue to devastate Los Angeles, new fundraisers continue to pop up on GoFundMe: one for a 15-year-old soliciting help for his mother, another for a 94-year-old artist who lost a lifetime’s worth of paintings and writing.Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025
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Bagel lovers can pre-order for Friday pickups or pop in on Saturdays and Sundays at 8am for loose bagels, 11am for bagel sandwiches. 🍚 Roots Natural Kitchen's third Richmond location opened last weekend in Midlothian in the Winterfield Crossing shopping center.Karri Peifer, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
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Adams was booked for a canny professional foul which choked the visitors’ attempts to get back into the game.Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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She was later pronounced dead after allegedly being choked.Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
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There are some years when the top of the NFL Draft feels rather easy to decipher as soon as the regular season ends.Nick Baumgardner, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Although the Kubernetes ecosystem offers many observability tools, these usually provide generalized errors and alerts that are hard to decipher for developers.Ben Ofiri, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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As of that date, an additional 30,000 MW of potential new loads had also come knocking at AEP’s door (a figure likely to be even larger today).Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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In the middle of one firefight, Lozano also got knocked senseless by the blast wave from a tank gun.Jon Hamilton, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
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Also, because of this decision in Florida, more states will begin to enact similar legislation regarding AOB's and other reforms—implemented to solve the litigation crisis that's plagued Florida since abusive AOB's first appeared in property insurance claims.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Markstrom’s arrival has solved New Jersey’s years-long net issues.Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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The latter group ultimately just couldn’t be bothered to get off their couches.Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
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Vlasic is not bothered by this but does have a suggestion for the NHL.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
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On Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, this is causing fissures to open in the curst, allowing lava to well up from a heat source deep in Earth's mantle.Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
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This easy, 2-mile loop wanders through clusters of tan, sandstone boulders, the most famous of which is Split Rock, a 20-foot tall, rounded boulder with a sinuous fissure right through its heart.Graham Averill, Outside Online, 27 Dec. 2024
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Likewise, a surprise 25 basis point rate cut by the BOK at its November meeting, enacted before Yoon declared martial law in December, could have cushioned the blow.Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
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Initially, the potential loss of that would be a pretty big blow.Jason Parham, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Crack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crack. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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