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the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback''s smash into the defensive line" move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door" move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate" fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea" cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the car into the gate of the palace" break violently or noisily; smash; undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post" hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?" stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" (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" a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane" occupy, usually uninvited; "My son''s friends crashed our house last weekend" enter uninvited; informal; "let''s crash the party!" sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it''s not very comfortable" a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" |
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