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Synonyms & Antonyms for crude
Synonyms: Adjective
native, natural, raw, rude, undressed, unprocessed, unrefined, untreated
Antonyms: Adjective
dressed, processed, refined, treated
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Examples of crude in a Sentence
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They built a crude shelter out of branches. a crude summary of the country's history She first described the procedure in crude terms, and then went into more detail.
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Authorities there say Iran had promised the ship, which carries 2.1 million barrels of crude oil worth some $130 million, wouldnât go to Syria. — Jon Gambrell, BostonGlobe.com, "UN atomic official in Iran as it runs advanced centrifuges," 8 Sep. 2019 Pignolet takes quotidian aspects of womenâs lives â cosmetics, tampons, the crude catcalls that men toss at women on the street â and renders them in Mediterranean-style ceramics, including tiles and vases. — Los Angeles Times, "Datebook: A painter slyly picks apart the tropes through which women are seen," 5 Sep. 2019 Directed by: Malik Bader Starring: Liam Hemsworth Rated R. Contains violence, pervasive crude language, drug material and some sexuality. — Hau Chu, Twin Cities, "âKillermanâ is a crime thriller that starts with cliches and goes bloody bonkers," 1 Sep. 2019 With the system so well re-designed, the party has no need to stoop to voter fraud, as cruder autocracies do. — The Economist, "How Viktor Orban hollowed out Hungaryâs democracy," 29 Aug. 2019 The backpack also contained a crude firebomb; a bottle filled with fuel and matches attached. — Fox News, "Police release surveillance footage of suspect in Cal State Fullerton stabbing death," 21 Aug. 2019 Last September, anti-Semitic flyers featuring crude caricatures of Jews were discovered outside the First United Methodist Church in Ferndale and reported to police. — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, "Anti-semitic flyers posted in Birmingham, Royal Oak by neo-Nazi hate group," 25 July 2019 History Humans have been using prostheses for thousands of years; for most of that history, artificial limbs have consisted of either solid attachments or relatively crude mechanical structures. — Jeffrey Delviscio, Scientific American, "A Robot Hand Helps Amputees âFeelâ Again," 24 July 2019 Fred Koch made millions in the 1920s and â30s by inventing a process to extract more gasoline from crude oil and by building refineries in the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany and elsewhere in Europe and the Middle East. — Robert D. Mcfadden, New York Times, "David Koch, Billionaire Who Fueled Right-Wing Movement, Dies at 79," 23 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
But the sensitive Fox also recognizes the crude and ultimately boorish side to his wolf character. — Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Teen Wolf': THR's 1985 Review," 23 Aug. 2019 The price of benchmark U.S. crude slid $1.87, or 3.3%, to settle at $55.23 per barrel. — Stan Choe And Alex Veiga, chicagotribune.com, "Warning of possible recession sends ripple through U.S. markets and Dow plummeting 800 points," 14 Aug. 2019 As output continues to grow over the next decade, new barrels of crude and molecules of gas will need to find markets abroad. — Dan K. Eberhart For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, "Thank Trump for America's new oil markets," 9 Aug. 2019 Related Stories The attacks on tankers have roiled oil markets and increased the costs of transporting crude and other products in and out of the Persian Gulf. — Max Colchester, WSJ, "U.K. Navy Thwarts Iranian Attempt to Block BP Tanker," 11 July 2019 The roads to the launch pads appear crude and are covered with river rock. — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, "Before Apollo moon rockets went 24,000 mph, they traveled less than 1 mph on crawler to launch pad," 29 June 2019 As such, it must be regarded as a crude and primitive culture. — National Geographic, "Jane Goodallâs original tale of chimpanzees still astonishes today," 17 Apr. 2019 The project is important to the stateâs oil industry, which is producing record amounts of crude and exporting an increasing share of it. — Rye Druzin, San Antonio Express-News, "Millions of dollars could be headed for Texasâ Corpus Christi ship channel," 12 June 2018 At market rates, the crude oil aboard the Adrian Darya would be worth about $130 million. — Washington Post, "Iran says oil aboard tanker pursed by US sold; buyer unnamed," 26 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'crude.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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