Words Like CRACKING
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to CRACKING.
    
    
    
        
            21 Alternative Words Similar to cracking
   
            
               
            
            
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        Hydrocracking
    
    
         Noun       Hyponym
    
    
    
        
       
    
    
        5 examples of cracking
           
        
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        a neat sports car
    
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        you look simply smashing
    
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        had a great time at the party
    
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        he heard the cracking of the ice
    
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        he can hear the snap of a twig
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of cracking
           
        
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        the act of cracking something.
    
    
    
 
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        the process of making lower molecular weight hydrocarbons from heavier hydrocarbons in petroleum, by exposure to heat and catalysts. It is used to convert heavier alkanes into gasoline, or to improve the octane number of an alkane mixture.
    
    
    
 
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        same as groovy, sense 1.
    
    
    
 
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        the act of cracking something
    
    
    
 
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        the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)
    
    
    
 
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        Thermal decomposition, sometimes with catalysis, of a complex substance, especially the breaking of petroleum molecules into shorter molecules to extract low-boiling fractions such as gasoline.
    
    
    
 
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        Excellent; great:  had a cracking time at the dance. 
    
    
    
 
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        Used as an intensive:  a cracking good show.