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cracking
[krak-ing] 
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crack
[krak]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break, usually into parts |
| Synonyms: | burst, chip, chop, cleave, crackle, crash, damage, detonate, explode, fracture, hurt, impair, injure, pop, ring, rive, sever, shiver, snap, splinter, split |
| Antonyms: | fix, mend |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit very hard |
| Synonyms: | bash, buffet, clip, clout, cuff, slap, thump, thunder, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover meaning, answer |
| Synonyms: | break, cryptanalyze, decipher, decode, decrypt, fathom, figure out, get answer, solve, work out |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | acknowledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admit truth or reality of something |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, acquiesce, allow, avow, come clean, come out of closet, concede, confess, cop a plea, crack*, declare, fess up, get off chest, grant, let on, open up, own, profess, recognize, yield |
| Antonyms: | abjure, contradict, disavow, renounce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | solve; fulfill |
| Synonyms: | clarify, conform, correlate, correspond, crack*, deal with*, do*, dope, dope out, elucidate, fill, fit*, lick*, measure up, meet, pass, qualify, satisfy, serve, suffice, suit, unzip, work, work through |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bat |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | a hit with a solid object |
| Synonyms: | bang, belt, blow, bop, crack, knock, rap, slam, smack, sock, strike, swat, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whop |
| Main Entry: | boom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crash; make loud sound |
| Synonyms: | bang, blast, burst, clap, crack, drum, explode, resound, reverberate, roar, roll, rumble, slam, smash, sound, thunder, wham |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy; make whole into pieces |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, batter, burst, bust, bust up, crack, crash, crush, damage, demolish, disintegrate, divide, eradicate, finish off, fracture, fragment, make hash of, make mincemeat of, part, pull to pieces, rend, separate, sever, shatter, shiver, smash, snap, splinter, split, tear, torpedo, total, trash* |
| Antonyms: | attach, fasten, fix, join, mend, put together, secure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | broach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | open, pierce |
| Synonyms: | begin, crack, decant, draw off, puncture, start, tap, uncork |
| Antonyms: | close, close up |
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