crash

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This crash was the most socially unacceptable type of crash, caused by somebody arrogant and irresponsible enough to be intoxicated while driving.

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  1. intransitive verb To break violently or noisily; smash.
  2. intransitive verb To undergo sudden damage or destruction on impact: Their car crashed into a guardrail. The airplane crashed over the ocean.
  3. intransitive verb To make a sudden loud noise: breakers crashing against the rocks.
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

roar ·  explosion ·  thud ·  rattle ·  noise ·  thunder ·  crack ·  rush ·  accident ·  rumble ·  flash ·  disaster

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crash:   crashes ·  crashed ·  crashing
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  1. Middle English crasschen; probably akin to crasen, to shatter; see craze.
  2. From Russian krashenina, colored linen, from krashenie, coloring, from krasit', to color; see ker-3 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English crasshe, from Middle English crasshen, craschen, gnash, grate, as teeth, break, shatter, an imitative variation (with change of s to sh: cf. clash, dash, smash, etc.) of crasen, break: see craze.
  2. from crash, v.
  3. Origin obscure.
 

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