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craze

/kɹeɪz/ verb C2
  1. To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
  2. To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.
  3. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery. (intransitive, transitive)

He/she/it crazes · Past crazed · Past participle crazed · -ing form crazing

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Verb forms

Base form
craze
He/she/it
crazes
Past
crazed
Past participle
crazed
-ing form
crazing

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The poor boy was half crazed with grief, and yet he had to go to London to play this match, for he could not get out of it without explanations which would expose his secret.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 125 · C1
But at length some sense came back to their crazed minds, and the whole of them, thirteen in number, took horse and started in pursuit.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 12 · C1
And the man, as the story goes, was so crazed with fear that he could scarce speak, but at last he said that he had indeed seen the unhappy maiden, with the hounds upon her track.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 13 · C1
There are indications that the man was crazed with fear before ever he began to run.”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 33 · C1

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