Definition: the act of colliding with something
Usage: his crash through the window; the fullback's smash into the defensive line
Similar words: hit, hitting, striking
Definition: the act of contacting one thing with another
Usage: repeated hitting raised a large bruise; after three misses she finally got a hit
Definition: a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
Usage: they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane
Similar words: accident
Definition: an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
Synonyms: clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash, crash
Definition: a loud resonant repeating noise
Usage: he could hear the clang of distant bells
Similar words: noise
Definition: sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
Usage: he enjoyed the street noises; they heard indistinct noises of people talking; during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels
Definition: a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
Similar words: natural event, occurrence, occurrent, happening
Definition: an event that happens
Synonyms: crash
Definition: (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative
Usage: the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since
Similar words: misadventure, mischance, mishap
Definition: an instance of misfortune
Synonyms: doss, doss down, crash
Definition: sleep in a convenient place
Usage: You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable
Definition: stop operating
Usage: My computer crashed last night; The system goes down at least once a week
Similar words: break, break down, die, conk out, go, go bad, give out, give way, fail
Definition: stop operating or functioning
Usage: The engine finally went; The car died on the road; The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town; The coffee maker broke; The engine failed on the way to town; her eyesight went after the accident
Synonyms: crash
Definition: undergo a sudden and severe downturn
Usage: the economy crashed; will the stock market crash again?
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Definition: hurl or thrust violently
Usage: He dashed the plate against the wall; Waves were dashing against the rock
Definition: undergo damage or destruction on impact
Usage: the plane crashed into the ocean; The car crashed into the lamp post
Definition: crash together with violent impact
Usage: The cars collided; Two meteors clashed
Synonyms: crash, break apart, break up
Definition: break violently or noisily; smash;
Similar words: disintegrate
Definition: break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
Usage: The material disintegrated; the group disintegrated after the leader died
Synonyms: crash
Definition: cause to crash
Usage: The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace; Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost
Synonyms: crash
Definition: fall or come down violently
Usage: The branch crashed down on my car; The plane crashed in the sea
Similar words: go down, come down, fall, descend
Definition: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
Usage: The temperature is going down; The barometer is falling; The curtain fell on the diva; Her hand went up and then fell again
Synonyms: crash, gate-crash, barge in
Definition: enter uninvited; informal
Usage: let's crash the party!
Similar words: intrude, irrupt
Definition: enter uninvited
Usage: They intruded on our dinner party; She irrupted into our sitting room
Synonyms: crash
Definition: move violently as through a barrier
Usage: The terrorists crashed the gate
Similar words: go across, go through, pass
Definition: go across or through
Usage: We passed the point where the police car had parked; A terrible thought went through his mind
Synonyms: crash
Definition: move with, or as if with, a crashing noise
Usage: The car crashed through the glass door
Similar words: move
Definition: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Usage: He moved his hand slightly to the right
Synonyms: crash
Definition: make a sudden loud sound
Usage: the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night
Definition: make a certain noise or sound
Usage: She went `Mmmmm'; The gun went `bang'
Synonyms: crash
Definition: occupy, usually uninvited
Usage: My son's friends crashed our house last weekend
Similar words: occupy, reside, lodge in
Definition: live (in a certain place)
Usage: She resides in Princeton; he occupies two rooms on the top floor