crash

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Synonyms: brash, crass, rash, crush, clash, trash, cash, crase, crassh, cras, drash

Antonyms: brash, crass, rash, crush, clash, trash, cash, crase, crassh, cras, drash

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Noun

1. A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
   • The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.
   • After the lightning came the crash of thunder.
2. An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
   • She broke two bones in her body in a car crash.
   • Nobody survived the plane crash.
3. A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
   • My computer had a crash so I had to reboot it.
4. A sudden large decline in the value of money, stocks or other assets, etc., especially one that causes additional economic difficulties.
   • the stock market crash
5. A comedown from a drug.
6. A group of rhinoceroses.
7. A sudden decline in any living form's population levels, often leading to extinction.
8. tarlatan, mull.

Adjective

1. Quick, fast, intensive, impromptu.
   • crash course
   • crash diet

Verb

1. To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
   • When the car crashed into a house, the driver was heavily injured.
   • After driving into a tree last week, grandpa's crashed into a deer this morning.
2. To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
   • I'm sorry for crashing the bike into a wall. I'll pay for repairs.
3. To hit or strike with force.
4. To make a sudden loud noise.
   • Thunder crashed directly overhead.
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   • We weren't invited to the party so we decided to crash it.
6. To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
7. To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
   • Hey dude, can I crash at your pad?
8. To give, as a favor.
9. To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.
10. To experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated.
11. To terminate or halt execution due to an exception.
    • If the system crashes again, we'll have it fixed in the computer shop.
12. To cause an exception that terminates or halts execution.
    • Double-clicking this icon crashes the desktop.
13. To take a sudden and severe turn for the worse; to rapidly and catastrophically deteriorate.
14. To take a subject at higher level without having previously studied it.
    • Joe's crashing Higher Physics, even after I told him it was a bad idea.

Noun

1. A type of rough linen.

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