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  • 1crack — crack1 [krak] vi. [ME craken < OE cracian, to resound, akin to Ger krachen < IE base * ger : see CROW1] 1. to make a sudden, sharp noise, as of something breaking 2. to break or split, usually without complete separation of parts 3. a) to… …

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  • 2crack — I. verb Etymology: Middle English crakken, from Old English cracian; akin to Old High German chrahhōn to resound Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to make a very sharp explosive sound < the whip cracks through the air > 2. to break,&#8230; …

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  • 3crack — crackable, adj. crackless, adj. /krak/, v.i. 1. to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable. 2. to break with a sudden, sharp sound: The branch cracked under the&#8230; …

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  • 4crack — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a a sudden sharp or explosive noise (the crack of a whip; a rifle crack). b (in a voice) a sudden harshness or change in pitch. 2 a sharp blow (a crack on the head). 3 a a narrow opening formed by a break (entered through a&#8230; …

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  • 5crack — [[t]kræk[/t]] v. i. 1) to break without separation of parts; become fissured 2) to break with a sudden, sharp sound 3) to make a sudden, sharp sound; snap 4) (of the voice) to break abruptly and discordantly 5) to break down, esp. under severe&#8230; …

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  • 6crack — noun 1》 a narrow opening between two parts of something which has split or been broken. 2》 a sudden sharp or explosive noise.     ↘a sharp blow. 3》 informal a joke or jibe. 4》 (also craic) chiefly Irish enjoyable entertainment; a good time.&#8230; …

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  • 7Refractories heat-up — After building of a new refractory lined industrial furnace or equipment, or refractory maintenance or relining of existing equipment, a necessary step is the start up of the operation, which usually involves heating up the unit in a controllable …

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  • 8In the Heat of the Night (TV series) — Infobox television show name = In the Heat of the Night executive producers = Fred Silverman, Juanita Bartlett, David Moessinger, and Carroll O Connor format = Crime / Drama runtime = 60 minutes per episode creator = James Lee Barrett starring =&#8230; …

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  • 9Gone with the Wind — This article is about the novel. For the film, see Gone with the Wind (film). For other uses, see Gone with the Wind (disambiguation). Gone With the Wind …

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  • 10List of Heroes characters with special abilities — This is an alphabetical list of characters with special abilities appearing in the television series Heroes as well as the Heroes graphic novels. A more extensive list of Heroes characters can be found at List of characters in Heroes . Main&#8230; …

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