| crash | | |
| n. (event) | 1. clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash, crash | a loud resonant repeating noise.; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| n. (event) | 2. crash, wreck | a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles).; "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane" |
| ~ accident | an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury. |
| ~ prang | a crash involving a car or plane. |
| n. (event) | 3. collapse, crash | a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures). |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| n. (act) | 4. crash, smash | the act of colliding with something.; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line" |
| ~ hitting, hit, striking | the act of contacting one thing with another.; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" |
| ~ impingement, impaction | a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something. |
| n. (event) | 5. crash | (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" |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ misadventure, mischance, mishap | an instance of misfortune. |
| ~ head crash | (computer science) a crash of a read/write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the magnetic disk). |
| v. (motion) | 6. crash | fall or come down violently.; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea" |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| v. (motion) | 7. crash | move with, or as if with, a crashing noise.; "The car crashed through the glass door" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (contact) | 8. crash, ram | undergo damage or destruction on impact.; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post" |
| ~ clash, collide | crash together with violent impact.; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed" |
| v. (motion) | 9. crash | move violently as through a barrier.; "The terrorists crashed the gate" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| v. (contact) | 10. break apart, break up, crash | break violently or noisily; smash. |
| ~ disintegrate | break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity.; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died" |
| ~ crash | cause to crash.; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost" |
| v. (stative) | 11. crash | occupy, usually uninvited.; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend" |
| ~ lodge in, occupy, reside | live (in a certain place).; "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" |
| v. (perception) | 12. crash | make a sudden loud sound.; "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (motion) | 13. barge in, crash, gate-crash | enter uninvited; informal.; "let's crash the party!" |
| ~ intrude, irrupt | enter uninvited.; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room" |
| v. (contact) | 14. crash | cause to crash.; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost" |
| ~ break apart, break up, crash | break violently or noisily; smash. |
| ~ break apart, break up, crash | break violently or noisily; smash. |
| ~ wrap | crash into so as to coil around.; "The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant" |
| ~ prang | crash. |
| ~ collide | cause to collide.; "The physicists collided the particles" |
| ~ ditch | crash or crash-land.; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane" |
| v. (contact) | 15. crash, dash | hurl or thrust violently.; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" |
| ~ hurl, hurtle, cast | throw forcefully. |
| v. (change) | 16. crash | undergo a sudden and severe downturn.; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (change) | 17. crash, go down | stop operating.; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" |
| ~ conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| v. (body) | 18. crash, doss, doss down | sleep in a convenient place.; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable" |
| ~ bed down, bunk down | go to bed.; "We bedded down at midnight" |
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