crash
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Britannica Dictionary definition of CRASH
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a
[no object]
:
to hit something hard enough to cause serious damage or destruction
— often + into
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Investigators are still trying to determine why the airplane crashed. [=why the airplane hit the ground]
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The car crashed into the fence/wall/guardrail.
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She crashed into another car.
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A large meteorite may have crashed into the Earth 65 million years ago.
b
[+ object]
:
to damage (a vehicle) by causing it to hit something
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She crashed the car into a tree, but no one was hurt.
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He has crashed two cars, a truck, and a motorcycle.
2
a
always followed by an adverb or preposition,
[no object]
:
to make a loud noise by falling, hitting something, etc.
— sometimes used figuratively
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We listened to the waves crashing against the shore.
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The stuntman crashed through the window on a motorcycle.
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The walls crashed down around them.
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He came crashing [=tearing] through the woods.
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The books crashed to the floor.
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The whole stack of cans came crashing down. [=fell down with a lot of noise and force]
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The whole theory came crashing down when it was revealed that some of the supporting evidence had been falsified.
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His world came crashing down when he lost his job.
b
[no object]
:
to make a loud noise
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The cymbals crashed and the trumpets blew.
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Thunder crashed as the rain started to pour.
c
[+ object]
:
to cause two things to hit against each other and make a loud noise
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He crashed the cymbals together.
3
a
[no object]
of a computer
:
to stop working suddenly
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My computer keeps crashing.
b
[+ object]
:
to cause (a computer) to stop working suddenly
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This program always crashes my computer.
4
[no object]
informal
a
:
to go to sleep
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I was exhausted after the long flight, so I just checked into the hotel and crashed.
b
:
to stay or live for a short time with someone
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You can crash [=sleep] here tonight.
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She's crashing with friends for a few days while her apartment is being repaired.
5
[no object]
of a business, price, market, etc.
:
to go down in value very suddenly and quickly
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They lost thousands of dollars when the stock market crashed.
6
[+ object]
informal
:
to go to (a party) without being invited
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He tried to crash the party but they wouldn't let him in.
7
[+ object]
US, sports
:
to move very quickly and forcefully toward (something, such as the goal in ice hockey)
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The players crashed the net.
crash and burn
US, informal
:
to fail completely
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The company crashed and burned after only two years in business.
— crasher
noun, plural crashers [count]
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crash
/ˈkræʃ/
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crashes
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crash
/ˈkræʃ/
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crashes
Britannica Dictionary definition of CRASH
[count]
1
:
an accident in which a vehicle is seriously damaged or destroyed by hitting something
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He was injured in a car crash.
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Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the crash.
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a train/airplane crash
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An ambulance arrived at the crash site/scene within minutes.
2
:
a very loud noise
— usually singular
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The pot/glass fell to the floor with a crash.
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We listened to the crash of waves in the distance.
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He ended the song with a crash of cymbals.
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a crash of thunder
3
:
an occurrence in which a computer suddenly stops working
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I am always experiencing computer crashes.
4
:
a sudden and extreme fall or drop in amount or value
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They lost thousands of dollars in the stock market crash.
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a species of fish that has undergone a population crash
