Synonyms for cracking
ˈkræk ɪŋcrack·ing

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1. crack, cracking, snapnoun

   a sudden sharp noise

   "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"

   Synonyms:
   gap, sally, crevice, cranny, snap, whirl, snatch, elasticity, fissure, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, ginger snap, offer, chap, ginger nut, crack cocaine, centering, quip, go, cinch, crack, scissure, pass, snapshot, gingersnap, wisecrack, pushover, walkover, fracture, fling, snap bean, child's play, press stud, catch, breeze, grab, snap fastener, tornado, cleft, shot

   Antonyms:
   bad

2. fracture, crack, crackingnoun

   the act of cracking something

   Synonyms:
   go, fault, fracture, pass, fling, sally, crack, fissure, geological fault, wisecrack, faulting, quip, shift, break, tornado, cleft, offer, snap, crevice, chap, scissure, cranny, gap, crack cocaine, whirl, shot

   Antonyms:
   bad

3. crackingadjective

   the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)

   Synonyms:
   snap, crack, fracture

   Antonyms:
   bad

4. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashingadjective

   very good

   "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"

   Antonyms:
   bad

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1. List of paraphrases for "cracking":

   cracks, fissures, crack, cracker

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1. Elise Stefanik:

   So, these extraordinary candidates are going to build this majority and fire Nancy Pelosi once and for all and save this country, but what’s sad is while Democrats get glossy cover pages and front-page coverage, these Republican women last cycle were not given what they are due — which is these profile pieces to tell the stories of these women cracking glass ceilings.

2. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal:

   One of the things we can and should be doing right now is cracking down on the sanctuary cities, it makes no sense for these mayors, these local politicians, to be able to ignore the law (and) choose which ones they want to enforce.

3. Rupert Colville:

   With opposition demonstrations still likely to take place in Zimbabwe in the near future, we urge the government to find ways to continuously engage with the population about their legitimate grievances on the economic situation, and to stop cracking down on peaceful protesters, we are deeply concerned by the socio-economic crisis that continues to unfold in Zimbabwe.

4. Peter Agnefjall:

   There's a lot of successful retailers doing online business but not all are profitable, it's really about cracking that code.

5. Yahya Al Hashemi:

   We just washed and were getting ready to head to the Masjid al-Haram for the Maghrib prayer( sunset prayer), it was a sandstorm which turned to rainstorm and lot of the construction covering boards were flying around, and lots of cracking noises which unfortunately ended with this tragedy. ... Everybody was pushing trying to escape from inside towards the exits.