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- Dictionarycrack/krak/
noun
- 1. a line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking apart: "a hairline crack down the middle of the glass" Similar
- 2. a sudden sharp or explosive noise: "a loud crack of thunder" Similar
verb
- 1. break or cause to break without a complete separation of the parts: "the ice all over the bog had cracked" Similar
- 2. make or cause to make a sudden sharp or explosive sound: "a shot cracked across the ridge" Similar
adjective
- 1. very good or skilful: "he is a crack shot"
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4 hours ago · : 142 A crack-down on the South Vietnamese press also ensued and there was a worrisome return of former President Ngô Đình Diệm's Cần Lao Party members to high positions in the government and military. By the summer of 1968, the President had earned a less exalted sobriquet among the South Vietnamese population, who had begun to call him "the little dictator."