noun
- A loud resonant repeating noise.
- usage: "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
- A serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles. )
- usage: "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
- synonyms: wreck
- A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures.
- synonyms: collapse
- The act of colliding with something.
- usage: "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"
- synonyms: smash
- Computer science. ( an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative)
- usage: "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"
verb
- Fall or come down violently.
- usage: "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
- Move with, or as if with, a crashing noise.
- usage: "The car crashed through the glass door"
- Undergo damage or destruction on impact.
- usage: "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"
- synonyms: ram
- Move violently as through a barrier.
- usage: "The terrorists crashed the gate"
- Break violently or noisily; smash;.
- synonyms: break up, break apart
- Occupy, usually uninvited.
- usage: "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
- Make a sudden loud sound.
- usage: "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night"
- Enter uninvited; informal.
- usage: "let's crash the party"
- synonyms: barge in, gate-crash
- Cause to crash.
- usage: "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
- Hurl or thrust violently.
- usage: "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
- synonyms: dash
- Undergo a sudden and severe downturn.
- usage: "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again"
- Stop operating.
- usage: "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
- synonyms: go down
- Sleep in a convenient place.
- usage: "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"
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