Crash Meaning and Definition

Word: Crash

How to pronounce: kræʃ

Verb

Definitions:

1. (of a vehicle) collide violently with an obstacle or another vehicle.

Example sentences: "The stolen car she was riding in crashed into a tree"

2. Move or cause to move with force, speed, and sudden loud noise.

Example sentences: "Huge waves crashed down on us"

3. (of a business, a market, or a price) fall suddenly and disastrously in value.

4. (of a machine, system, or software) fail suddenly.

Example sentences: "The project was postponed because the computer crashed"

5. Enter (a party) without an invitation or permission.

6. Go to sleep, especially suddenly or in an improvised setting.

Noun

Definitions:

1. A violent collision, typically of one vehicle with another or with an obstacle.

Example sentences: "A car crash"

2. A sudden loud noise as of something breaking or hitting another object.

Example sentences: "He slammed the phone down with a crash"

3. A sudden disastrous drop in the value or price of something, especially shares of stock.

Example sentences: "The crash of 1987"

4. A sudden failure which puts a system out of action.

Example sentences: "System crashes are an everyday hazard"

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Done rapidly or urgently and involving a concentrated effort.

Example sentences: "A crash course in Italian"

Adverb

Definitions:

1. With a sudden loud sound.

Example sentences: "Crash went the bolt"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A coarse plain linen, woolen, or cotton fabric, used for curtains and towels.

Synonyms:

catastrophe

accident

catastrophic failure

disaster

debacle

wreck

wreckage

shipwreck

derailment

collapse

failure

meltdown

smashup

fall

drop

descend

die

plunge

impinge

crash down

fail

smash

shatter

break up

break

bulldoze

rumble

wallop

thunderclap

thud

bump

ram

impact

strike

bash

shock

collision

clash

impingement

slam

hit

bang

crack

blast

plummet

tumble

crisis

cropper

decline

dash

conk

falling

dip

snap

clang

boom

clangour

clangor

clank

knock

collide

defeat

Derivations:

crashing

crashed

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Crash in Other Languages...

Spanish: Accidente

German: Absturz

French: Accident

Italian: Crash

Turkish: çökme