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Definition of Crash

1. Noun. A loud resonant repeating noise. "He could hear the clang of distant bells"

2. Verb. Fall or come down violently. "The branches crash from the trees"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

3. Noun. A serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles). "They are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"

4. Verb. Move with, or as if with, a crashing noise. "The car crashed through the glass door"

5. Noun. A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures).

6. Verb. Undergo damage or destruction on impact. "These cars won't crash "; "The car crashed into the lamp post"

7. Noun. The act of colliding with something. "The fullback's smash into the defensive line"

8. Verb. Move violently as through a barrier. "The terrorists crashed the gate"

9. Noun. (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"

10. Verb. Break violently or noisily; smash. "The glass tubes crash"

11. Verb. Occupy, usually uninvited. ; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"

12. Verb. Make a sudden loud sound. "The waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night"

13. Verb. Enter uninvited; informal. "Let's crash the party!"

14. Verb. Cause to crash. "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"

15. Verb. Hurl or thrust violently. "Waves were dashing against the rock"

16. Verb. Undergo a sudden and severe downturn. "Will the stock market crash again?"

17. Verb. Stop operating. "The system goes down at least once a week"

18. Verb. Sleep in a convenient place. "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"

Definition of Crash

1. v. t. To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.

2. v. i. To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.

3. n. A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.

4. n. Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.

Definition of Crash

1. Noun. An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident. ¹

2. Noun. A computer malfunction that is caused by faulty software, and makes the system either partially or totally inoperable. ¹

3. Noun. A loud sound as made for example by cymbals. ¹

4. Noun. A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) ¹

5. Noun. ; ''the stock market ''crash''''' ¹

6. Noun. A comedown of a drug. ¹

7. Noun. A group of rhinoceroses. ¹

8. Adjective. quick, fast, intensive ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently. ¹

10. Verb. (transitive) To severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else. ¹

11. Verb. (transitive slang) (via gatecrash) To attend a social event without invitation. ¹

12. Verb. (transitive management) To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it. ¹

13. Verb. (intransitive) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements. ¹

14. Verb. (computing software intransitive) To terminate extraordinarily. ¹

15. Verb. (computing software transitive) To cause to terminate extraordinarily. ¹

16. Verb. (intransitive) To experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated. ¹

17. Noun. (context: fibre) Plain linen. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crash

1. to collide noisily [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crash

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Literary usage of Crash

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1857)
"And crash, crash, crash, Kings mit tlit* country chimes — Whilst failure, ... In stocks ail shaven an A*d crash, cr*h, crash, lu scrip by the panic torn ..."

2. Air Bag Safety: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science edited by Larry Pressler (1998)
"Information, both written descriptions and photographs, is provided on crash circumstances, including precrash maneuvers and scene information, ..."

3. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... noise, racket; (ryske) crash; (me- lu) clamor, turmoil, uproar; ... (be) crash(ing), give a series of crashes; make (1. cause) a din: ..."

4. Learning about Our World and Our Past: Using the Tools & Resources of by Evelyn Hawkins (1999)
"It focused on the two personal accounts of the crash and asked students to do a close comparative reading of these accounts. A response scored as "Complete" ..."

5. The Early Hanoverians by Edward Ellis Morris (1896)
"Walpole. who had not been in office when the South Sea crash™* Act was ... The difference between the English and the French crash may be shortly summed up. ..."

6. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1857)
"And crash, crash, crash, Kings mit tlit* country chimes — Whilst failure, ... In stocks ail shaven an A*d crash, cr*h, crash, lu scrip by the panic torn ..."

7. Air Bag Safety: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science edited by Larry Pressler (1998)
"Information, both written descriptions and photographs, is provided on crash circumstances, including precrash maneuvers and scene information, ..."

8. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... noise, racket; (ryske) crash; (me- lu) clamor, turmoil, uproar; ... (be) crash(ing), give a series of crashes; make (1. cause) a din: ..."

9. Learning about Our World and Our Past: Using the Tools & Resources of by Evelyn Hawkins (1999)
"It focused on the two personal accounts of the crash and asked students to do a close comparative reading of these accounts. A response scored as "Complete" ..."

10. The Early Hanoverians by Edward Ellis Morris (1896)
"Walpole. who had not been in office when the South Sea crash™* Act was ... The difference between the English and the French crash may be shortly summed up. ..."

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