precrash

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adjective

Before a collision involving a vehicle.

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Meanings

adjectiveprecrash (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore a collision involving a vehicle.

    “As a result, I must conclude that Trooper II Rasinski’s precrash driving conduct was culpably inefficient and in violation of the division’s rules and regulations,” he continued.

    2007 June 22, David W. Chen, “Officials Find Lapses by Trooper Who Drove Corzine in Parkway Accident”, in New York Times
  2. not comparableBefore a financial crash.

    The “greed is good,” precrash 1980s brought another real estate boom to New York, though one with a limited impact on the physical appearance of the city.

    2009 March 15, Jonathan Mahler, “After the Bubble”, in New York Times

Origin

From pre- + crash.

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Cite this entry
APA

precrash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precrash

MLA

“precrash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precrash. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precrash,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precrash.

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