: very impressive or effective : great
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: a process in which relatively heavy hydrocarbons are broken up by heat into lighter products (such as gasoline)
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US politics
: a form of gerrymandering in which election districts are drawn in such a way that voters likely to support the opposing party are spread among multiple districts to dilute the power of their votes
Using the classic gerrymandering technique, cracking, they divided Salt Lake City (a Democrat stronghold) among three districts to drown out its Democratic voters with neighboring heavily Republican turf.—Justin F. Thulin
compare packing sense 3
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