crash
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Definitions ofcrash
- A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
Example: "After the lightning came the crash of thunder."
- An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
Example: "Nobody survived the plane crash"
- A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
Synonyms: abend
Example: "My computer had a crash so I had to reboot it."
- A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures).
Example: "the stock market crash"
- A comedown from a drug.
- (collective) A group of rhinoceroses.
- To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.
- To severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else.
Example: "I'm sorry for crashing the bike into a wall. I'll pay for repairs."
- (via gatecrash) To attend a social event without invitation, usually with unfavorable intentions.
Example: "We weren't invited to the party so we decided to crash it."
- To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
- To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
Example: "Hey dude, can I crash at your pad?"
- To give, as a favor.
- To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.
- (hardware) To terminate extraordinarily.
Example: "If the system crashes again, we'll have it fixed in the computer shop."
- (hardware) To cause to terminate extraordinarily.
Example: "Double-clicking this icon crashes the desktop."
- 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.
- To hit or strike with force
- (of a patient's condition) To take a sudden and severe turn for the worse; to rapidly deteriorate.
- To make a sudden loud noise.
Example: "Thunder crashed directly overhead."
- Quick, fast, intensive, impromptu.
Example: "crash diet"
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