Meaning

13 senses
  1. (intransitive)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.

    krachen, anprallen, zerschmettern

    разби́тьсяrazbítʹsja, вре́затьсяvrézatʹsja, гро́хнутьсяgróxnutʹsja

    розбива́тисяrozbyvátysja, розби́тисяrozbýtysja

    fall or come down violently

  2. (transitive)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.

    zerstören

    разби́тьrazbítʹ, гро́хнутьgróxnutʹ, слома́тьslomátʹ

  3. (transitive)To hit or strike with force.

  4. To make a sudden loud noise.

    Thunder crashed directly overhead.

    make a sudden loud sound

  5. (transitive)To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.

  6. (intransitive, slang)To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.

    Hey dude, can I crash at your pad?

    pennen, übernachten, knacken

    переночева́тьperenočevátʹ

  7. (slang, transitive)To give, as a favor.

  8. (intransitive, slang)To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.

  9. (intransitive)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.

  10. (intransitive)To terminate or halt execution due to an exception.

    If the system crashes again, we'll have it fixed in the computer shop.

  11. (transitive)To cause an exception that terminates or halts execution.

    Double-clicking this icon crashes the desktop.

    abstürzen

    авари́йно заверши́тьсяavaríjno zaveršítʹsja, вы́лететьvýletetʹ, упа́стьupástʹ

    cause to crash

  12. To take a sudden and severe turn for the worse; to rapidly and catastrophically deteriorate.

    undergo a sudden and severe downturn

Examples

699 sentences
  1. She died in a plane crash.

    Вона загинула в авіакатастрофі.

    ruОна погибла в авиакатастрофе.

    deSie kam bei einem Flugzeugabsturz ums Leben.

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  2. Tom died in a plane crash.

    Том загинув у авіакатастрофі.

    ruТом погиб в авиакатастрофе.

    deTom starb bei einem Flugzeugabsturz.

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  3. Tom was killed in a plane crash.

    Том загинув у авіакатастрофі.

    ruТом погиб в авиакатастрофе.

    deTom kam bei einem Flugzeugabsturz ums Leben.

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  4. Tom was killed in a car crash.

    Том загинув у автомобільній аварії.

    ruТом погиб в аварии.

    deTom wurde in einem Autounfall getötet.

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  5. Tom got killed in a car crash.

    Том загинув у автомобільній аварії.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.:
Русский
By meaning 4
1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.:
2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.:
7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.:
11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.:
2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.:
7. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.:
11. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution.:

Origin

From Middle English crasshen, crasschen, craschen (“to break into pieces”), of uncertain o

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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Forms

crashes, crashing, crashed, crashed
Base formcrash · to crash
3rd person singularcrashes
Present participlecrashing
Past simplecrashed
Past participlecrashed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycrash
he, she, itcrashes

Past simpleLesson

all personscrashed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave crashed
he, she, ithas crashed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill crash

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • plane crash
  • the plane crash
  • in the crash
  • survived the crash
  • a plane crash
  • crashed his car
  • crashed into a
  • car crash
  • airplane crashed
  • my computer crashed
  • of the crash
  • a car crash

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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