crash

Meanings

• a loud resonant repeating noise
• a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
  • "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
• a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
• the act of colliding with something
  • "his crash through the window"
• (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative
  • "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"
• fall or come down violently
  • "The branch crashed down on my car"
  • "The plane crashed in the sea"
• move with, or as if with, a crashing noise
  • "The car crashed through the glass door"
• undergo damage or destruction on impact
  • "the plane crashed into the ocean"
  • "The car crashed into the lamp post"
• move violently as through a barrier
  • "The terrorists crashed the gate"
• break violently or noisily; smash
• occupy, usually uninvited
  • "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
• make a sudden loud sound
  • "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night"
• enter uninvited; informal
  • "let's crash the party!"
• cause to crash
  • "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"
  • "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
• hurl or thrust violently
• undergo a sudden and severe downturn
  • "the economy crashed"
  • "will the stock market crash again?"
• stop operating
  • "My computer crashed last night"
• sleep in a convenient place
  • "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"

Synonyms

barge in, break apart, break up, clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash, collapse, dash, doss, doss down, gate-crash, go down, ram, smash, wreck