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1. A serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
   "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane";
   - wreck [N. Amer]
    
2. A loud resonant repeating noise
   "he could hear the crash of distant bells";
   - clang, clangor [US], clangour [Brit, Cdn], clangoring [US], clank, clash, clangouring [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
   - collapse
    
4. The act of colliding with something
   "his crash through the window";
   - smash
    
5. (computing) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative
   "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"

1. Undergo damage or destruction on impact
   "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post";
   - ram
    
2. Fall or come down violently
   "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
    
3. Move with, or as if with, a crashing noise
   "The car crashed through the glass door"
    
4. Move violently as through a barrier
   "The terrorists crashed the gate"
    
5. Break violently or noisily; smash
   - break up, break apart
    
6. Make a sudden loud sound
   "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night"
    
7. [informal] Enter uninvited or without permission
   "let's crash the party!"; "let's gate-crash the party!";
   - barge in [informal], gatecrash
    
8. Cause to collide with something destructively
   "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
    
9. Hurl or thrust violently
   "He crashed the plate against the wall";
   - dash
    
10. Undergo a sudden and severe downturn
    "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"
     
11. Stop operating
    "My computer crashed last night";
    - go down
     
12. [informal] Sleep in a convenient place
    "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable";
    - doss [Brit, informal], doss down [Brit, informal], crash out [informal]
     
13. [informal] Occupy, usually uninvited
    "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"

Derived forms: crashes, crashing, crashed

See also: wear out

Type of: accident, bed down, break, break down, bunk down, cast, change, clash, collide, come down, conk out [informal], descend, die, disintegrate, fail, fall, give out, give way, go, go bad, go down, happening, hit, hitting, hurl, hurtle, intrude, irrupt, lodge in, misadventure, mischance, mishap, move, natural event, noise, occupy, occurrence, occurrent, pack up [Brit, informal], pass, reside, sink, sound, striking

Encyclopedia: Crash, Bang, Splat!