Meanings
crash1
nouncrash (plural crashes)
plural crashes
- An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
Nobody survived the plane crash.
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She broke two bones in her body in a car crash.
- computingA 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.
Synonyms: abend
- informalA comedown from a drug.
- collectiveA group of rhinoceroses.
The crash of rhinoceros at Tsavo now numbers almost 200.
2003, Claude Herve-Bazin, Judith Farr, Kenya and Tanzania, page 233 more examples
One of my favorites among the terms of groups of creatures is a crash of rhinoceros. I can imagine an African guide saying to his client, “Shoot, dammit, shoot! Here comes the whole bloody crash of rhinoceros!” […] Personally, I think I’d just as soon come across a crash of rhinoceros as a knot of toad.
p. 1991, Patrick F. McManus, “Nincompoopery and Other Group Terms”, in The Grasshopper Trap, Henry Holt and Company, page 103The largest group of black rhinos reported was made up of 13 individuals. A group of rhinos is called a crash.
1998, E. Melanie Watt, Black Rhinos, page 19Out in the water a crash of rhinoceros-like animals browse belly deep through a bed of aquatic plants.
1999, Edward Osborne Wilson, The Diversity of Life, page 126 - biologyA sudden decline in any living form's population levels, often leading to extinction.
adjectivecrash (not comparable)
verbcrash (third-person singular simple present crashes, present participle crashing, simple past and past participle crashed)
present singular third person crashes · participle present crashing · participle past crashed · past crashed
- intransitiveTo collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
When the car crashed into a house, the driver was heavily injured.
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After driving into a tree last week, grandpa's crashed into a deer this morning.
- transitiveTo 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.
- transitiveTo hit or strike with force.
Roy Hodgson's side were dominant and fully merited the lead given to them when Eric Dier crashed a 20-yard free-kick high past keeper Igor Akinfeev with 17 minutes left.
2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport1 more example
Even the staid New York Times was gushing: “Rising to the glorious heights of his heyday, Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, crashed out three home runs against the Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday afternoon but it was not enough."
2022, John Nogowski, Last Time Out: Big-League Farewells of Baseball's Greats, page 8 - abbreviationambitransitiveellipsisslangEllipsis of gatecrash.First known use 1920s
We weren't invited to the party so we decided to crash it.
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Friday night I crashed your party Saturday I said, "I'm sorry" Sunday came and trashed me out again
1980 March 7, Billy Joel, “You May Be Right”, in Glass Houses"Anyway, sorry about crashing. I know you're doing a sort of 'talk freely about magic' thing, and I don't have any of my own, but..."
2019 November 8, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Friday, Nov 8, 2019 - transitivemanagementTo accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
Using the project plan, the team started to work out different scenarios to crash the schedule and bring the date to the regulatory deadline.
2008, Rick A. Morris with Brette McWhorter Sember, Project management that works, page 109 - intransitiveslangTo make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
Hey dude, can I crash at your pad?
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Then before you know it you’ve missed the last train back and you’re crashing on the sofa.
2017, Adam Kay, This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor - slangtransitiveTo give, as a favor.
'I been pissin' blood,' he said, grinning. Then frowning. 'Crash us a tenner, eh?'
2005, Charlie Williams, Fags and Lager, page 292 more examples
Crash us a cancer stick, Fitz: I could bloody murder a fag, as I delight in telling Americans
2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 99'I'll show you what needs doing. But first..." She hesitated. 'I don't suppose you could crash me a ciggy, while you're here, could you?'
2015, Lucy Diamond, Summer at Shell Cottage, →ISBN - intransitiveslangTo lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.First known use 1940s
Synonyms: doze, repose, rest, saw logs, catch some z's, sleep, sleep a wink, slumber
- intransitiveTo experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated.
Falling from cloud nine / Crashing from the high / I'm letting go tonight / Yeah, I'm falling from cloud nine
2012, Katy Perry, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Dr. Luke, Cirkut, “Wide Awake”, in Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection, performed by Katy Perry - transitivehardwarecomputingTo cause an exception that terminates or halts execution.
Double-clicking this icon crashes the desktop.
- To take a sudden and severe turn for the worse; to rapidly and catastrophically deteriorate.
In October 1929, the United States' stock market crashed, at the end of a buoyant decade in its domestic economy.
1994, National Economic Review - Volumes 28-30, page 25 more examples
And the unvarying lesson of history is that all such balance of power peaces have crashed into new conflicts, as soon as the unstable equilibrium was disturbed, witness the Peace of Westphalia, the Congress of Vienna, and, in our own time, Versailles.
1945, Mario Pei, The American Road to Peace: A Constitution for the World, page 20Despite the quotas determined by fisheries scientists, the Atlantic cod population crashed in the mid-1980s leading to a complete moratorium for fishing the species within Canadian waters.
2003, W.M. Roth, Toward an Anthropology of Graphing, page 43Nature, propelled by its unidirectional increasing entropic disorder, without the containing Schrodinger and de Broglie λ = h/p waves, would have probably crashed out of existence long ago!
2006, Ashok Sengupta, Chaos, Nonlinearity, Complexity, page 302I told him that if his patients got in trouble and started to crash, there are several things that I could do for him.
2016, Thomas J. Cortez, It Happened on My ShiftThe analysis presented in Figure 5.2 highlights the importance of technological shocks, which were for example vital in explaining the Information Technology driven bubble of the late 1990s that crashed in 2001.
2022, Ioanna T. Kokores, Monetary Policy and Financial Stability, page 147 - ScotlandtransitiveeducationTo 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.
crash2
nouncrash (uncountable)
- uncountablebusinessA type of rough linen.
The yearly allowance of clothing on this plantation, consisted of two tow-linen shirts—such linen as the coarsest crash towels are made of[…]
1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter VI, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC1 more example
Unlocking the door of her bath-room she went inside, and soon emerged, bringing a rug, which she spread upon the floor of the gallery, and two huge hair pillows covered with crash, which she placed against the front of the building.
1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
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nounA sudden large decline in the value of money, stocks or other assets, etc., especially one that causes additional economic difficulties.
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verbTo lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.
verbTo terminate or halt execution due to an exception.
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nouna sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
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Origin
crash · noun, adjective, verb
- Middle Englishcrasshen
- Englishcrash
From Middle English crasshen, crasschen, craschen (“to break into pieces”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of earlier *crasken, from crasen (“to break”) + -k (formative suffix); or from earlier *craskien, *craksien, a variant of craken (“to crack, break open”) (for form development compare break, brask, brash).
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Full word history & related roots →crash · noun
- Russianкрашени́на“coarse linen”
- Englishcrash
Uncertain; perhaps compare Russian крашени́на (krašenína, “coarse linen”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κτύπος, δουπέω
- κτύπος (ktúpos)loud sound
- δουπέω (doupéō)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
Arabic حَادِث إِصْطِدَام, اِنْهِيَار
- حَادِث إِصْطِدَام (ḥādiṯ ʔiṣṭidām)vehicle accident
- اِنْهِيَار (inhiyār)computer malfunction
- اِنْهِيَار نِظَام (inhiyār niẓām)computer malfunction
- تَحَطَّمَ (taḥaṭṭama)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- تَحَطَّمَ (taḥaṭṭama)11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Basque talka, talka egin
- talkavehicle accident
- talka egin1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
Bulgarian тря́сък, гро́хот
- тря́сък (trjásăk)loud sound
- гро́хот (gróhot)loud sound
- катастро́фа (katastrófa)vehicle accident
- срив (sriv)computer malfunction
- сри́ване (srívane)computer malfunction
- крах (krah)sudden large decline of business
- прова́л (provál)sudden large decline of business
- внезапно (vnezapno)quick, fast, intensive
- с трясък (s trjasăk)quick, fast, intensive
- катастрофирам (katastrofiram)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- разбивам (razbivam)2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- строшавам (strošavam)2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- сривам се (srivam se)11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Catalan xoc, patacada
- xocvehicle accident
- patacadavehicle accident
- cracsudden large decline of business
- xocar1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- xocar2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- petar11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Chinese Cantonese hang機 /hang机
- hang機 /hang机 (heng¹ gei¹)11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Chinese Mandarin 墜毀 /坠毁, 墜落 /坠落
- 墜毀 /坠毁 (zhuìhuǐ)vehicle accident
- 墜落 /坠落 (zhuìluò)vehicle accident
- 崩潰 /崩溃 (bēngkuì)computer malfunction
- 墜毀 /坠毁 (zhuìhuǐ)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- 摔壞 /摔坏 (shuāihuài)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- 摔傷 /摔伤 (shuāishāng)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- 秒睡 (miǎoshuì)9. (intransitive, slang) To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.
- 崩溃 (bēngkuì)11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Czech rachot, třesk
- rachotloud sound
- třeskloud sound
- nehodavehicle accident
- havárievehicle accident
Danish krash, brag
- krashloud sound
- bragloud sound
- sammenstødvehicle accident
- styrtvehicle accident
- flystyrtvehicle accident
- bilsammenstødvehicle accident
- crashvehicle accident
- nedbrudcomputer malfunction
- fejlcomputer malfunction
- nedturcomedown of a drug
- forceretquick, fast, intensive
- lyn-quick, fast, intensive
- crashe1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- overnatte7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
Dutch knal, botsing
- knalloud sound
- botsingvehicle accident
- crashcomputer malfunction
- computercrashcomputer malfunction
- crashsudden large decline of business
- beurscrashsudden large decline of business
- neerstorten1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- overnachten7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- vastlopen11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Esperanto kraŝa sono, trafikakcidento
- kraŝa sonoloud sound
- trafikakcidentovehicle accident
- paneocomputer malfunction
- kraŝi1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- panei11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Finnish rysähdys, rämähdys
- rysähdysloud sound
- rämähdysloud sound
- onnettomuusvehicle accident
- törmäysvehicle accident
- kolarivehicle accident
- kaatuminencomputer malfunction
- romahdussudden large decline of business
- laumaherd of rhinos
- pika-quick, fast, intensive
- intensiivi-quick, fast, intensive
- törmätä1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- romahtaa1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- sortua1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- rysähtää1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- kolaroida1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- kolaroida2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- romuttaa2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- törmäyttää2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- kaatua11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- hurstiplain, rough linen
French fracas, écrasement
- fracasloud sound
- écrasementvehicle accident
- accidentvehicle accident
- crashvehicle accident
- plantagecomputer malfunction
- descentecomedown of a drug
- krachsudden large decline of business
- s'écraser1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- percuter2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- pieuter7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- crécher7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- planter11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- bugger11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
German Krachen, Krach
- Krachenloud sound
- Krachloud sound
- Getöseloud sound
- Zusammenstoßvehicle accident
- Crashvehicle accident
- Verkehrsunfallvehicle accident
- Unfallvehicle accident
- Absturzcomputer malfunction
- Crashcomputer malfunction
- krachen1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- anprallen1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- zerschmettern1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- zusammenstoßen1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- zusammenkrachen1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- kollidieren1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- verunfallen1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- zerstören2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- pennen7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- übernachten7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- knacken7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- unterkommen7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- Sackleinenplain, rough linen
- Leinenstoffplain, rough linen
- Leintuchplain, rough linen
Greek πλακώνω
- πλακώνω (plakóno)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
Hebrew תְּאוּנָה, קריסה
- תְּאוּנָה (teuná)vehicle accident
- קריסה (krisá)computer malfunction
- קרס (karás)11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Hindi टक्कर, क्रैश
- टक्कर (ṭakkar)vehicle accident
- क्रैश (kraiś)computer malfunction
- टकराना (ṭakrānā)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
Hungarian csörömpölés, karambol
- csörömpölésloud sound
- karambolvehicle accident
- összeomláscomputer malfunction
- ütközik1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- összeütközik1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- alszik7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- elalszik7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- megalszik7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- meghúzza magát (with -nál/-nél)7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- összeomlik11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- lefagy11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Irish pléasc, tuairt
- pléascloud sound
- tuairtloud sound
- cliseadhcomputer malfunction
- cliseadhsudden large decline of business
- pléasc1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
Italian fracasso, incidente
- fracassoloud sound
- incidentevehicle accident
- scontrovehicle accident
- bloccocomputer malfunction
- crollosudden large decline of business
- cracksudden large decline of business
- scontrarsi1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- schiantare2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
Japanese クラッシュ, 激突
- クラッシュ (kurasshu)vehicle accident
- 激突 (gekitotsu)vehicle accident
- 衝突 (shōtotsu)vehicle accident
- 墜落 (tsuiraku)vehicle accident
- クラッシュ (kurasshu)computer malfunction
- 衝突する (shōtotsu suru)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- クラッシュする (kurasshu suru)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- クラッシュする (kurasshu suru)11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Korean 굉음, 충돌
- 굉음 (goeng'eum)loud sound
- 충돌 (chungdol)vehicle accident
- 추락 (churak)vehicle accident
- 불시착 (bulsichak)vehicle accident
- 크래시 (keuraesi)vehicle accident
- 충돌 (chungdol)computer malfunction
- 깨짐 (kkaejim)computer malfunction
- 크래시 (keuraesi)computer malfunction
- 허무감 (heomugam)comedown of a drug
- 탈력감 (tallyeokgam)comedown of a drug
- 파산 (pasan)sudden large decline of business
- 속성(速成)의 (sokseong-ui)quick, fast, intensive
- 충돌하다 (chungdolhada)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- 추락하다 (churakhada)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- 들이받다 (deuribatda)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- 박살나다 (baksallada)2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- 부서지다 (buseojida)2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- 깨지다 (kkaejida)11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- 충돌하다 (chungdolhada)11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Latin fragor, conflictus
- fragorloud sound
- conflictusvehicle accident
Māori papahorotanga
- papahorotangasudden large decline of business
Norwegian Bokmål sammenstøt, krasj
- sammenstøtvehicle accident
- krasjvehicle accident
Polish grzmot, trzask
- grzmotloud sound
- trzaskloud sound
- kraksavehicle accident
- wypadekvehicle accident
- awariacomputer malfunction
- zwiechacomputer malfunction
- krachsudden large decline of business
- scrashować11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- crashować11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- wykrzaczać11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- wykrzaczyć11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- wysypać się11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- wysypywać się11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Portuguese estrondo, batida
- estrondoloud sound
- batidavehicle accident
- panecomputer malfunction
- colisãocomputer malfunction
- falhacomputer malfunction
- avariacomputer malfunction
- falha de sistemacomputer malfunction
- falha fatalcomputer malfunction
- travamentocomputer malfunction
- bater1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- colidir1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- chocar1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- bater2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- dar pane11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- travar11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- arrebentar11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- rebentar11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- falhar11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- estourar11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- crachar11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- crashar11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Romanian coliziune auto, accident
- coliziune autovehicle accident
- accidentvehicle accident
- crahsudden large decline of business
Russian гро́хот, треск
- гро́хот (gróxot)loud sound
- треск (tresk)loud sound
- ава́рия (avárija)vehicle accident
- круше́ние (krušénije)vehicle accident
- катастро́фа (katastrófa)vehicle accident
- авари́йное заверше́ние (avaríjnoje zaveršénije)computer malfunction
- паде́ние (padénije)computer malfunction
- вылета́ние (vyletánije)computer malfunction
- поло́мка (polómka)computer malfunction
- крах (krax)sudden large decline of business
- прова́л (provál)sudden large decline of business
- колла́пс (kolláps)sudden large decline of business
- разби́ться (razbítʹsja)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- вре́заться (vrézatʹsja)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- гро́хнуться (gróxnutʹsja)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- разби́ть (razbítʹ)2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- гро́хнуть (gróxnutʹ)2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- слома́ть (slomátʹ)2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- переночева́ть (perenočevátʹ)7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- авари́йно заверши́ться (avaríjno zaveršítʹsja)11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- вы́лететь (výletetʹ)11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- упа́сть (upástʹ)11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- гро́хнуться (gróxnutʹsja)11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Slovak rachot, tresk
- rachotloud sound
- treskloud sound
- haváriavehicle accident
- nehodavehicle accident
Spanish choque, fallo
- choquevehicle accident
- fallocomputer malfunction
- errorcomputer malfunction
- cracsudden large decline of business
- chocar1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- chocarse1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- estrellarse1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- chocar2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- crashear2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- estrellar2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- colidir2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- achocar2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- achocar3. (transitive) To hit or strike with force.
- fallar11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- colgarse11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- petarse11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Swedish krasch, krasch
- kraschloud sound
- kraschvehicle accident
- kraschcomputer malfunction
- rassudden large decline of business
- krocka1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- kvarta7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- krascha11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Thai การชน, ระบบล่ม
- การชน (gaan-chon)vehicle accident
- ระบบล่มcomputer malfunction
- ชน (chon)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- ล่ม (lôm)11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Turkish sabahlamak
- sabahlamak7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
Ukrainian гу́ркіт, тріск
- гу́ркіт (húrkit)loud sound
- тріск (trisk)loud sound
- ава́рія (avárija)vehicle accident
- катастро́фа (katastrófa)vehicle accident
- крах (krax)sudden large decline of business
- розбива́тися (rozbyvátysja)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- розби́тися (rozbýtysja)1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
Vietnamese hét, sự đụng xe
- hétloud sound
- sự đụng xevehicle accident
- vụ đụng xevehicle accident
- sự cốcomputer malfunction
- sự đổ vỡcomputer malfunction
- đụng1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- đâm sầm1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- đâm1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
- đụng2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
- bị sự cố11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
- đổ vỡ11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.
Yiddish אַוואַריע
- אַוואַריע (avarye)vehicle accident
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with crash
cashflashcacheapacheashdashhashbashsplashnashclashrashmashstashnewsflashsashthrashlashpanachemoustachebrashbackslashpotashgoulash
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Cite this entry
APA
crash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crash
MLA
“crash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crash. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crash,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crash.
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