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To form cracks.
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It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack.
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To break apart under pressure.
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When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked.
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To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
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Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.
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To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
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When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked.
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To make a cracking sound.
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The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.
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(of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
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His voice cracked with emotion.
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(of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
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His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.
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To make a sharply humorous comment.
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"I would too, with a face like that," she cracked.
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To make a crack or cracks in.
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The ball cracked the window.
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To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
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You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.
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To strike forcefully.
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She cracked him over the head with her handbag.
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To open slightly.
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Could you please crack the window?
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To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)
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They managed to crack him on the third day.
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To solve a difficult problem. (Figurative, from cracking a nut.)
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I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.
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To overcome a security system or a component.
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It took a minute to crack the lock, three minutes to crack the security system, and about twenty minutes to crack the safe.
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To cause to make a sharp sound.
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to crack a whip
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To tell (a joke).
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The performance was fine until he cracked that dead baby joke.
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To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
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Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700°C.
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To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
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That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.
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To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
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I'd love to crack open a beer.
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To brag, boast.
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To be ruined or impaired; to fail.