crash
has definitions from the fields of computer science,housing
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[ noun ] a loud resonant repeating noise
Examples "he could hear the clang of distant bells" Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)There was a blur just under my focus of vision , a crash ; the car 's far windshield panel turned_into a silver web with a dark hole in_the center . (Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)He was interrupted by a crash from the deck and sprang toward the ladder , with Gansevoort and Heiser behind him . |
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[ verb ] fall or come down violently
Examples "The branch crashed down on my car" "The plane crashed in the sea" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)As they were riding along this winding road on the bench of land between the two bluffs , a volley of rifle fire suddenly crashed around the two officers . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)The old_woman , stubbornly reigning in the house above the crashing waters took_on an ominous reality . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
Synonyms Examples "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane" Used in print ("Editorials"...)But at_least the pessimists who believed that the world_organization had plunged to its death in that plane crash in the Congo have been proved wrong . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)She was the widow of a writer who had died in an airplane crash , and Mickie had found her a job as head of the historical section of the Treasury . (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)If Hal_Yarrow had been killed in a crash , he must have wanted it that way . |
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[ noun ] the act of colliding with something
Examples "his crash through the window" "the fullback's smash into the defensive line" Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)The Indian 's arm whipped sidewise - there was a flash of amber and froth , the crash of the bottle shattering against the side of the first car . Related terms |
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[ verb ] break violently or noisily; smash;
Synonyms Used in print (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)We flew in rickety planes so overloaded that we wondered why they did n't crash . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
Synonyms Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)On that date the Musicians_Emergency_Fund , organized to furnish employment for musicians unable to obtain engagements during the depression and to provide relief for older musicians who lost their fortunes in the stock_market crash , observed its 30_th anniversary . |
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[ adjective ] highly concentrated or intense
Examples "a crash course" Used in print ("Editorials"...)So_be_it - then we must embark_on a crash program for 200 - megaton_bombs of the common or hydrogen variety , and neutron_bombs , which do not exist but are said to be the coming thing . Related terms |
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[ verb ] move violently as through a barrier
Examples "The terrorists crashed the gate" Used in print (Howard Fast, April Morning....)Half crazed by the weight dragging , the dust , and the heat , the horse leaped our wall , dashing out the rider 's brains against it , and leaving him lying there among us - while the horse crashed away through the brush . Related terms |
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[ verb ] undergo a sudden and severe downturn
Examples "the economy crashed" "will the stock market crash again?" Related terms |
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[ verb ] (housing) occupy, usually uninvited
Examples "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend" Related terms |
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[ verb ] enter uninvited; informal
Synonyms Examples : "let's crash the party!" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative
Examples "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since" Related terms |
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