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Thesaurus: craze

To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.

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  1. v. t. To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.
  2. v. t. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.
  3. v. t. To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
  4. v. i. To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.
  5. v. i. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.
  6. n. Craziness; insanity.
  7. n. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.
  8. n. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the aesthetic craze.
  9. n. an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
  10. n. state of violent mental agitation
  11. n. a fine crack in a glaze or other surface
  12. v. cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind