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   crash

   /kraʃ/

   verb

   • 1. (of a vehicle) collide violently with an obstacle or another vehicle: "a racing car had crashed, wrecking a safety barrier" Similar smash intocollide withbe in collision withcome into collision withhitstrikeramsmack intoslam intobang intocannon intoplough intomeet head-onrun intodrive intobump intoknock intocrack into/againstdash againstimpact
   • ▪ cause (a vehicle) to collide violently with something: "they crashed a lorry through a fence" Similar smashwreckbumpwrite offinformal:prangtotal
   • ▪ (of an aircraft) fall from the sky and hit the land or sea: "a jet crashed 200 yards from the school"
   • ▪ cause (an aircraft) to fall from the sky: "the test pilot crashed a Hurricane fighter plane"
   • 2. move or cause to move with force, speed, and sudden loud noise: "huge waves crashed down on to us" Similar be hurleddashbatterpoundpummellashslam intoslambangramsmack
   • ▪ make a sudden loud noise: "the thunder crashed" Similar boomcrackrollclapexplodebangblastresoundreverberaterumblethunderring outsound loudlyblareechofill the airclashclangclankclattersmash
   • 3. (of shares, a business, etc.) suddenly drop in value or fail: informal "the shares crashed to 329p" Similar failcollapsefold (up)go underfounderbe ruinedcave ingo bankruptbecome insolventcease tradinggo into receivershipgo into liquidationbe liquidatedbe wound upbe closed (down)be shut (down)informal:go brokego bustgo bumpgo to the wallgo belly upcome a cropperflopflatline
   • ▪ be heavily defeated in a sporting competition: "Barcelona crashed out of the European Cup"
   • 4. (of a computer, computing system, or software) fail suddenly: "the project was postponed because the computer crashed" Similar failcollapsefold (up)go underfounderbe ruinedcave ingo bankruptbecome insolventcease tradinggo into receivershipgo into liquidationbe liquidatedbe wound upbe closed (down)be shut (down)informal:go brokego bustgo bumpgo to the wallgo belly upcome a cropperflopflatline
   • ▪ (of a patient) suffer a cardiac arrest. North American
   • 5. enter (a party) without an invitation; gatecrash. informal Similar gatecrashcome uninvited tosneak intoslip intoinvadebutt in onintrude on/intoinformal:horn in on
   • ▪ illegally pass (a red traffic light): "the cab driver crashed the lights"
   • 6. go to sleep, especially suddenly or in an improvised setting: informal "what was it you said just before I crashed out?"

   noun

   • 1. a violent collision, typically of one vehicle with another or with an object: "a car crash" Similar accidentcollisionbumpcar crashcar accidentroad accidenttraffic accidentmultiple crashmultiple collisionrail accidentderailmentair accidentair crashsmashroad traffic accidentRTAwreckinformal:smash-uppile-upshuntprang
   • ▪ an instance of an aircraft falling from the sky to hit the land or sea: "a pilot who survived the crash of his plane"
   • 2. a sudden loud noise as of something breaking or hitting another object: "he slammed the phone down with a crash" Similar bangsmashsmackcrackboombumpthudthumpslamclunkclonkclashclangreportexplosiondetonationshotclangourracketdininformal:whamwhump
   • 3. a sudden disastrous drop in the value or price of something: "the 1987 stock-market crash"
   • ▪ the sudden failure of a business: "the crash of the company meant that 150 jobs would go" Similar failurecollapsefounderingruinruinationbankruptcyinsolvencycessation of tradingreceivershipliquidationwinding upclosureshutting
   • 4. a sudden failure which puts a computer system out of action: "system crashes are an everyday hazard"

   adjective

   • 1. done rapidly or urgently and involving a concentrated effort: "a crash course in Italian"

   adverb

   • 1. with a sudden loud sound: "crash went the bolt"

   Word Origin late Middle English: imitative, perhaps partly suggested by craze and dash.

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