Meaning

9 senses
  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.

    Krachen, Krach, Getöse

    гро́хотgróxot, трескtresk

    гу́ркітhúrkit, тріскtrisk

  2. An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.

    She broke two bones in her body in a car crash.

    Nobody survived the plane crash.

    Zusammenstoß, Crash, Verkehrsunfall

    ава́рияavárija, круше́ниеkrušénije, катастро́фаkatastrófa

    ава́ріяavárija, катастро́фаkatastrófa

  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.

    Absturz, Crash

    авари́йное заверше́ниеavaríjnoje zaveršénije, паде́ниеpadénije, вылета́ниеvyletánije

    (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative

  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

    крахkrax, прова́лprovál, колла́псkolláps

    крахkrax

    a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

  5. (informal)A comedown from a drug.

  6. (collective)A group of rhinoceroses.

  7. A sudden decline in any living form's population levels, often leading to extinction.

  8. Tarlatan, mull.

  9. (uncountable)A type of rough linen.

    Sackleinen, Leinenstoff, Leintuch

Examples

699 sentences
  1. She died in a plane crash.

    Вона загинула в авіакатастрофі. — deniko

    ruОна погибла в авиакатастрофе. — vladb314

    deSie kam bei einem Flugzeugabsturz ums Leben. — MUIRIEL

  2. Tom died in a plane crash.

    Том загинув у авіакатастрофі. — deniko

    ruТом погиб в авиакатастрофе. — sharptoothed

    deTom starb bei einem Flugzeugabsturz. — wolfgangth

  3. Tom was killed in a plane crash.

    Том загинув у авіакатастрофі. — deniko

    ruТом погиб в авиакатастрофе. — sharptoothed

    deTom kam bei einem Flugzeugabsturz ums Leben. — al_ex_an_der

  4. Tom was killed in a car crash.

    Том загинув у автомобільній аварії. — deniko

    ruТом погиб в аварии. — marafon

    deTom wurde in einem Autounfall getötet. — honeygod

  5. Tom got killed in a car crash.

    Том загинув у автомобільній аварії. — deniko

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
loud sound:
vehicle accident:
sudden large decline of business:
Русский
By meaning 4
loud sound:
vehicle accident:
computer malfunction:
sudden large decline of business:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
loud sound:
vehicle accident:
computer malfunction:
plain, rough linen:

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).

Uncertain; perhaps compare Russian крашени́на (krašenína, “coarse linen”).

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Forms

plural: crashes
Singularcrash
Pluralcrashes

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of colliding with something:smash
  • a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles):wreck
  • a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures):collapse
  • a loud resonant repeating noise:clangclangorclangourclangoringclankclash

Word family

46 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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