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crash

noun
  1. the act of colliding with something
    “The stunt double had to redo the crash through the window.”
    smash
  2. a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
    “they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane”
    wreck
  3. a loud resonant repeating noise
    clashclangclangorclangourclangoringclank
  4. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
    collapse
  5. (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
  1. to sleep in a convenient place
    “You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable”
    dossdoss down
  2. to stop operating
    “My computer crashed last night.”
    go down
  3. to undergo a sudden and severe downturn
    “the economy crashed”
  4. to hurl or thrust violently
    dash
  5. to undergo damage or destruction on impact
    “the plane crashed into the ocean”
    ram
  6. to break violently or noisily
  7. to cause to crash
    “The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace.”
  8. to fall or come down violently
    “The branch crashed down on my car”
  9. to enter uninvited
    irruptintrudebarge ingate-crash
  10. to move violently as through a barrier
    “The terrorists crashed the gate.”
  11. to move with, or as if with, a crashing noise
    “The car crashed through the glass door.”
  12. to make a sudden loud sound
    “the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night”
  13. to occupy, usually uninvited
    “My friends crashed our house last weekend.”