Crash

[kræʃ]

Definition

(noun.) the act of colliding with something; 'his crash through the window'; 'the fullback's smash into the defensive line'.

(noun.) a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); 'they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane'.

(noun.) a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures).

(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'.

(verb.) hurl or thrust violently; 'He dashed the plate against the wall'; 'Waves were dashing against the rock'.

(verb.) undergo damage or destruction on impact; 'the plane crashed into the ocean'; 'The car crashed into the lamp post'.

(verb.) break violently or noisily; smash;.

(verb.) cause to crash; 'The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace'; 'Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost'.

(verb.) fall or come down violently; 'The branch crashed down on my car'; 'The plane crashed in the sea'.

(verb.) move violently as through a barrier; 'The terrorists crashed the gate'.

(verb.) move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; 'The car crashed through the glass door'.

(verb.) make a sudden loud sound; 'the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night'.

(verb.) occupy, usually uninvited; 'My son's friends crashed our house last weekend'.

(verb.) undergo a sudden and severe downturn; 'the economy crashed'; 'will the stock market crash again?'.

(verb.) stop operating; 'My computer crashed last night'; 'The system goes down at least once a week'.

Checker: Williams--From WordNet

Definition

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

(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.

(v. i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.

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

(n.) Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.

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

Checked by Laurie

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Jar, clang, clash, resonance

ANT:Murmur, whisper, babble, rumbling, reverberation, din

Inputed by Byron

Definition

n. a coarse strong linen.

n. a noise as of things breaking or being crushed by falling; the shock of two bodies meeting: the failure of a commercial undertaking.—v.i. to fall to pieces with a loud noise: to move with such a noise.—v.t. to dash in pieces.

Inputed by Gretchen

Examples

Checker: Salvatore

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