crash
/kræʃ/
noun
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.