crack a code

Frequency: 7.213.5 per million words

to succeed in understanding a secret code, often with difficulty

codeVERB + NOUN

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crack

Examples (10)

  • The intelligence agency spent years trying to crack the enemy's communication code.
  • It's said that this ancient hieroglyphic code is impossible to crack.
  • With the new supercomputer, they hope to crack the encryption code in record time.
  • She finally cracked the code for the safe after trying dozens of combinations.
  • In a figurative sense, understanding her emotions was like trying to crack a complex code.
  • The detective was confident he could crack the code left by the killer.
  • Once you crack the code of this software, using it becomes incredibly easy.
  • Alan Turing's team successfully cracked the German Enigma code during WWII.
  • Has anyone been able to crack the secret code hidden in the painting yet?
  • The children created a simple substitution code that their friends couldn't crack.