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crash (enc)

Crash

Noun1.crash - a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
2.crash - a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
accident - a mishap; especially one causing injury or death
prang - a crash involving a car or plane
3.crash - a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
happening, natural event, occurrence - an event that happens
4.crash - the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"
hitting, striking, hit - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
impingement, impaction - a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something
5.crash - (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"
computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
misadventure, mischance, mishap - an instance of misfortune
head crash - (computer science) a crash of a read/write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the magnetic disk)
Verb1.crash - fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
come down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
2.crash - move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door"
move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
3.crash - undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"
clash, collide - crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"
4.crash - move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate"
go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
5.crash - break violently or noisily; smash;
disintegrate - break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"
crash - cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the car into the gate of the palace"
6.crash - occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
lodge in, reside, occupy - live (in a certain place)
7.crash - enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!"
intrude, irrupt - enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"
8.crash - cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the car into the gate of the palace"
break apart, break up, crash - break violently or noisily; smash;
prang - crash
collide - cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles"
ditch - crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
9.crash - hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
hurl, hurtle, cast - throw forcefully
10.crash - undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"
change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
11.crash - stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
12.crash - sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"
bed down, bunk down - go to bed; "We bedded down at midnight"

 

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