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crazed

/kɹeɪzd/ adjective C1
  1. Maddened; driven insane. · The crazed look in his eyes made everyone back away.· He was crazed with thirst and resorted to drinking seawater.
  2. Obsessed with something.
  3. Covered with cracks (generally applied to porcelain, plastics, and paints). · The dark traces of the cracks in the crazed surface of the pot contrasted with the light glaze and were quite attractive.· Sunbleached paints and plastics are often crazed and faded.
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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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