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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
craze    Audio Help   [kreyz] Pronunciation Key verb, crazed, craz·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to derange or impair the mind of; make insane: He was crazed by jealousy.
2.to make small cracks on the surface of (a ceramic glaze, paint, or the like); crackle.
3.British Dialect. to crack.
4.Archaic. to weaken; impair: to craze one's health.
5.Obsolete. to break; shatter.
–verb (used without object)
6.to become insane; go mad.
7.to become minutely cracked, as a ceramic glaze; crackle.
8.Metallurgy.
a.(of a case-hardened object) to develop reticulated surface markings; worm.
b.(of an ingot) to develop an alligator skin as a result of being teemed into an old and worn mold.
9.Archaic. to fall to pieces; break.
–noun
10.a popular or widespread fad, fashion, etc.; mania: the newest dance craze.
11.insanity; an insane condition.
12.a minute crack or pattern of cracks in the glaze of a ceramic object.
13.Obsolete. flaw; defect.
[Origin: 1325–75; ME crasen to crush < Scand; cf. Sw, Norw krasa to shatter, crush]

—Synonyms 10. vogue, mode.
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  craze
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  bewilder, break, chic, confuse, derange, disarrange, distract, fad, frenzy, furor, infatuation, kick, loco, madden, mania, mode, novelty, obsession, passion, rage, style, trend, unbalance, vogue, wild
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  derange
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To make insane.
Synonyms:  madden, unbalance, unhinge
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  enthusiasm
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A subject or activity that inspires lively interest.
Synonyms:  mania, passion, rage
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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