Crash - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kræʃ|  American pronunciation of the word crash
Brit.  |kræʃ|  British pronunciation of the word crash

noun

- a loud resonant repeating noise (syn: clang, clangor, clangour, clank, clash)
- a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles) (syn: wreck)
they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane
- a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) (syn: collapse)
- the act of colliding with something (syn: smash)
his crash through the window
- (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

verb

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

Extra examples

She crashed the car into a tree, but no one was hurt.

He has crashed two cars, a truck, and a motorcycle.

We listened to the waves crashing against the shore.

The stuntman crashed through the window on a motorcycle.

The walls crashed down around them.

The books crashed to the floor.

The cymbals crashed and the trumpets blew.

Thunder crashed as the rain started to pour.

He crashed the cymbals together.

The thunder burst with a terrific crash.

She died in a car crash.

The tempest crashes down the forest.

They crashed into the room.

Crash went the cup.

The jet crashed after take-off.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: crash
he/she/it: crashes
present participle: crashing
past tense: crashed
past participle: crashed
noun
singular: crash
plural: crashes
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