crash
crash
krÃĻʃ
krāsh
/kɚˈÃĻʃ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "crash"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to break with a sudden and loud impact, often causing damage
Intransitive
to crash definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The falling piano crashed through the ceiling, creating chaos in the room below.
āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ›āĻžāĻĻ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡āϰ āϘāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϧāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻ°ā§āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to collide violently, especially involving a vehicle, resulting in damage or injury
Intransitive: to crash | to crash into an obstacle
to crash definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I watched in horror as the car crashed into the wall at high speed.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϤāύ, āϧāϏ

(economics) to lose value suddenly and significantly
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tech industry 's bubble burst, causing many companies ' shares to crash.
āĻŸā§‡āĻ• āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āĻŦ⧁āĻĻ āĻĢ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻļ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻļ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϧāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to move rapidly and with great force, often accompanied by a loud noise
Intransitive: to crash somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The skateboarder crashed down the hill, speeding toward the ramp.
āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϟāĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĸāĻžāϞ āĻŦ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϧāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻž āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āϧāϏ, āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to suddenly experience a significant failure or halt in a system, process, or operation
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The engine crashed in the middle of the flight, forcing an emergency landing.
āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to push through or make one's way forcefully
Intransitive: to crash somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The truck crashed through the barrier after losing control on the icy road.
āĻŦāϰāĻĢ⧇ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž crash āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āϧāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to go to bed or fall asleep quickly
Intransitive
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was so tired that he crashed as soon as he got home from the trip.
āϏ⧇ āĻāϤāϟāĻžāχ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇āχ āϏ⧇ āĻāϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(computing) to suddenly stop working
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She had to restart her computer after the system crashed due to a software error.
āϏāĻĢāϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻļ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāωāϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϧāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻ°ā§āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause a vehicle to collide forcefully with an object or another vehicle
Transitive: to crash a vehicle into an obstacle
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The driver lost control of the truck and crashed it into a roadside barrier.
āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāϕ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϧāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻŽāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύāĻžāĻšā§āϤ āφāϏāĻž, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to attend a party or event without an invitation
Transitive: to crash a party or event
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They were n’t on the guest list, but they managed to crash the wedding reception.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϰāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻĒāĻļāύ⧇ āφāϗ⧁āύ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢāĻžāϟāĻž

to make a loud, sudden noise, like thunder or waves breaking
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We could hear the waves crashing against the rocky shore as the storm intensified.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻĸ⧇āωāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨ⧁āϰ⧇ āϤ⧀āϰ⧇ āφāĻ›āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āφāĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to stay or reside in a place for a short period
Intransitive: to crash somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the party, we decided to crash at Mark's house since it was closer to the subway.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻ°ā§āώ

an accident in which a vehicle, plane, etc. hits something else
crash definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She witnessed a crash between two cars at the intersection and immediately called for help.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϚ⧌āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ, āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻ°ā§āώ

a sudden loud noise caused by objects breaking or hitting each other
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The crash of thunder startled everyone.
āĻŦāĻœā§āϰāĻĒāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āϚāĻŽāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϧāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻž, āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻž

an instance of colliding violently
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The skier 's crash ended her race early.
āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϰ⧇āϏ āφāϗ⧇āχ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϤāύ, āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āϟ

a sudden large decline in business or stock prices
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Economists warned of a potential crash in housing prices.
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāϰāĻž āφāĻŦāĻžāϏāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĒāϤāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻļ, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚

an event that causes a computer, system, or application to stop working
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The system crash disrupted the online service for hours.
āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻļ āĻ…āύāϞāĻžāχāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϕ⧇ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻšāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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