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crash

Nouns

• (n) a loud resonant repeating noise
  • he could hear the clang of distant bells
  clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash,
• (n) a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
  • they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane
  wreck,
• (n) a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) collapse,
• (n) the act of colliding with something
  • his crash through the window
  • the fullback's smash into the defensive line
  smash,
• (n) (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative
  • the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since

Verbs

• (v) fall or come down violently
  • The branch crashed down on my car
  • The plane crashed in the sea
• (v) move with, or as if with, a crashing noise
  • The car crashed through the glass door
• (v) undergo damage or destruction on impact
  • the plane crashed into the ocean
  • The car crashed into the lamp post
  ram,
• (v) move violently as through a barrier
  • The terrorists crashed the gate
• (v) break violently or noisily; smash; break apart, break up,
• (v) occupy, usually uninvited
  • My son's friends crashed our house last weekend
• (v) make a sudden loud sound
  • the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night
• (v) enter uninvited; informal
  • let's crash the party!
  barge in, gate-crash,
• (v) cause to crash
  • The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace
  • Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost
• (v) hurl or thrust violently
  • He dashed the plate against the wall
  • Waves were dashing against the rock
  dash,
• (v) undergo a sudden and severe downturn
  • the economy crashed
  • will the stock market crash again?
• (v) stop operating
  • My computer crashed last night
  • The system goes down at least once a week
  go down,
• (v) sleep in a convenient place
  • You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable
  doss, doss down,

Synonyms

clang clangor clangoring clangour clank clash wreck collapse ram smash break apart break up barge in gate-crash dash go down doss doss down

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