crash

/kræʃ/
noun
  1. A sudden, violent collision or accident.
    • The plane crash was heard miles away.
    • There was a serious car crash on the highway this morning.
    • He survived the crash with only minor injuries.
  2. A sudden loud noise made by something falling or breaking.
    • We heard a crash and ran outside to see what had fallen.
    • The crash of thunder shook the windows.
    • A loud crash came from the kitchen, and we found a broken plate on the floor.
  3. A sudden failure of a computer or electronic system.
    • A software crash forced him to restart the computer.
    • The system crash caused the company to lose a day's worth of data.
    • The game's frequent crashes frustrated the players.
  4. A sudden drop in the value of stocks or the economy.
    • The stock market crash of 1929 led to the Great Depression.
    • The economic crash affected businesses around the world.
    • Investors panicked during the crash and sold their shares.
Antonyms
verb
  1. To hit something hard, causing damage or noise.
    • Waves crashed against the rocky shore all night.
    • He crashed his bike into a parked van and scraped his knee.
    • The car crashed into a tree during the storm.
  2. To fall or collapse suddenly, often with a loud noise.
    • The old shelf crashed to the floor under the weight of the books.
    • The ceiling fan crashed onto the bed, startling everyone.
    • A large branch crashed down onto the roof during the windstorm.
  3. To suddenly stop working, especially a computer or electronic system.
    • Her phone crashed and she lost all her photos.
    • My laptop crashed right before I saved the document.
    • The website crashed because too many people tried to access it at once.
  4. To go to sleep or fall asleep quickly, especially from exhaustion.
    • After the long hike, I crashed on the sofa as soon as we got home.
    • He was so tired that he crashed at 8 PM.
    • She crashed for a few hours before her night shift.
  5. To attend a party or event without being invited.
    • They decided to crash the concert by sneaking in through a side door.
    • Some teenagers tried to crash the wedding reception.
    • He crashed the book club meeting because he wanted to see his friend.
adjective
  1. Done quickly and with great effort to meet a deadline or achieve a goal.
    • They went on a crash diet to lose weight before the wedding.
    • The team completed a crash program to fix the software bugs.
    • She took a crash course in Spanish before her trip to Mexico.
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