crash

crash ¹  (krsh)

v. crashed, crash·ing, crash·es

v.intr.

1.

a. To break violently or noisily; smash.

b. To undergo sudden damage or destruction on impact: Their car crashed into a guardrail. The airplane crashed over the ocean.

2. To make a sudden loud noise: breakers crashing against the rocks.

3. To move noisily or so as to cause damage: went crashing through the woods.

4. To undergo a sudden severe downturn, as a market or economy.

5. Computer Science To stop functioning due to a crash.

6. Slang To undergo a period of unpleasant feeling or depression as an aftereffect of drug-taking.

7. Slang

a. To find temporary lodging or shelter, as for the night.

b. To go to sleep.

v.tr.

1. To cause to crash.

2. To dash to pieces; smash.

3. Informal To join or enter (a party, for example) without invitation.

n.

1. A sudden loud noise, as of an object breaking.

2.

a. A smashing to pieces.

b. A collision, as between two automobiles. See Synonyms at collision.

3. A sudden severe downturn: a market crash; a population crash.

4. Computer Science

a. A sudden failure of a hard drive caused by damaging contact between the head and the storage surface, often resulting in the loss of data on the drive.

b. A sudden failure of a program or operating system, usually without serious consequences.

5. Slang Mental depression after drug-taking.

adj. Informal

Of or characterized by an intensive effort to produce or accomplish: a crash course on income-tax preparation; a crash diet.

Idiom:

crash and burn Slang

1. To fail utterly.

2. To fall asleep from exhaustion.

3. To wipe out, as in skateboarding.

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[Middle English crasschen; probably akin to crasen, to shatter; see craze.]

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crasher n.

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crash

Noun

1. a collision involving a vehicle or vehicles

2. a sudden descent of an aircraft as a result of which it crashes

3. a sudden loud noise

4. a breaking and falling to pieces

5. the sudden collapse of a business or stock exchange

Verb

1. to cause (a vehicle or aircraft) to collide with another vehicle, the ground, or some other object or (of vehicles or aircraft) to be involved in a collision

2. to make or cause to make a loud smashing noise

3. to drop with force and break into pieces with a loud noise

4. to break or smash into pieces with a loud noise

5. (of a business or stock exchange) to collapse or fail suddenly

6. to move violently or noisily

7. (of a computer system or program) to fail suddenly because of a malfunction

8. Brit & Austral informal to gate-crash

Adjective

requiring or using great effort in order to achieve results quickly: a crash course [probably Middle English crasen to smash + dasshen to strike]

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Crash of rhinoceroses-Lipton, 1970.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crash - a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "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"
	2.	crash - a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane" wreck accident - an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury prang - a crash involving a car or plane
	3.	crash - a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) collapse happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens
	4.	crash - the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line" smash hitting, striking, hit - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" impingement, impaction - a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something
	5.	crash - (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since" computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures misadventure, mischance, mishap - an instance of misfortune head crash - (computer science) a crash of a read/write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the magnetic disk)
Verb	1.	crash - fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea" come down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
	2.	crash - move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	3.	crash - undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post" ram clash, collide - crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"
	4.	crash - move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate" go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
	5.	crash - break violently or noisily; smash; break apart, break up disintegrate - break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died" crash - cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
	6.	crash - occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend" lodge in, occupy, reside - live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor"
	7.	crash - make a sudden loud sound; "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night" sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
	8.	crash - enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!" barge in, gate-crash intrude, irrupt - enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"
	9.	crash - cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost" break apart, break up, crash - break violently or noisily; smash; wrap - crash into so as to coil around; "The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant" prang - crash collide - cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles" ditch - crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
	10.	crash - hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" dash hurl, hurtle, cast - throw forcefully
	11.	crash - undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
	12.	crash - stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" go down conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go - stop operating or functioning; "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"
	13.	crash - sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable" doss, doss down bed down, bunk down - go to bed; "We bedded down at midnight"

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crash

noun 1. collision, accident, smash, wreck, prang (informal) bump, pile-up (informal) smash-up

noun 2. smash, clash, boom, smashing, bang, thunder, thump, racket, din, clatter, clattering, thud, clang

noun 3. collapse, failure, depression, ruin, bankruptcy, downfall

verb 4. fall, pitch, plunge, sprawl, topple, lurch, hurtle, come a cropper (informal) overbalance, fall headlong

5. plunge, hurtle, precipitate yourself

verb 6. smash, break, break up, shatter, fragment, fracture, shiver, disintegrate, splinter, dash to pieces

verb 7. collapse, fail, go under, be ruined, go bust (informal) fold up, go broke (informal) go to the wall, go belly up (informal) smash, fold

adjective 8. intensive, concentrated, immediate, urgent, round-the-clock, emergency

crash into collide with, hit, bump into, bang into, run into, drive into, plough into, hurtle into

Translations

crash [kræʃ] n (noise) → estrépito; [of cars, plane] → accidente m [of business] → quiebra;

(STOCK EXCHANGE) → crac m

vt [+ plane] → estrellar

vi [plane] → estrellarse; [two cars] → chocar (= fall noisily); caer con estrépito;

he crashed the car into a wall → estrelló el coche contra una pared or tapia

crash [kræʃ] n (= noise) → fracas m [of car, plane]; collision f [of business]; faillite f;

(Stock Exchange) → krach m

vt [+ plane] → écraser

vi [plane] → s'écraser; [two cars] → se percuter, s'emboutir; [business] → s'effondrer;

to crash into → se jeter or se fracasser contre;

he crashed the car into a wall → il s'est écrasé contre un mur avec sa voiture

crash [kræʃ] n (noise) → Krachen nt;

(of car) → Unfall m;

(of plane etc) → Unglück nt;

(collision) → Zusammenstoß m;

(of stock market, business etc) → Zusammenbruch m

vt (car) → einen Unfall haben mit;

(plane etc) → abstürzen mit

vi (plane) → abstürzen;

(car) → einen Unfall haben;

(two cars) → zusammenstoßen;

(market) → zusammenbrechen;

(firm) → Pleite machen;

to crash into → krachen or knallen gegen;

he crashed the car into a wall → er fuhr mit dem Auto gegen eine Mauer

crash [kræʃ] n → fragore m [of car] → incidente m [of plane] → caduta; [of business] → fallimento;

(STOCK EXCHANGE) → crollo

vt → fracassare

vi [plane] → fracassarsi; [car] → avere un incidente; [two cars] → scontrarsi;

(fig) → fallire, andare in rovina;

to crash into → scontrarsi con;

he crashed the car into a wall → andò a sbattere contro un muro con la macchina

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crash

n crash [krӕʃ]

1 a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates. slag, lawaai, uitbarsting صَوتُ التَّصادُم грохот třesk, hřmot, řinčení brag das Krachen πάταγος estruendo, estrépito kolin, ragin صدای افتادن و شکستگی rysähdys fracas קוֹל הִתנָגשוּת धमाका lomljava csattanás bunyi keras dari sesuatu yang jatuh brak, braml frastuono 大音響 (물건이 부딪치거나 깨질 때의) 요란한 소리 trenksmas blīkšķis; rībiens berdentum lawaai brak łomot estrondo pocnet грохот hrmot trušč tresak brak, krasch, skräll เสียงดังที่เกิดจากการชน şangırtı, gümbürtü 撞擊聲 гуркіт; тріск دهماك‍ہ کی آواز، ٹ‍وٹ‍ن‍ے كا شور tiếng đổ loảng xoảng 撞击声

2 a collision There was a crash involving three cars. botsing إصطِدام катастрофа srážka sammenstød; kollision der Zusammenstoß σύγκρουση, συντριβή colisión, choque, encontronazo kokkupõrge تصادف؛ برخورد kolari accident הִתנָגשוּת टक्कर sudar karambol, baleset, szerencsétlenség tabrakan árekstur incidente 衝突 충돌 avarija, sudužimas, susidūrimas avārija perlanggaran botsing krasj, ulykke, velt kraksa choque accident авария zrážka trčenje sudar krock, kollision การชนกัน taşıt/trafik kazası 撞車 катастрофа, аварія ٹ‍کر، تصادم đâm vào nhau 撞车

3 a failure of a business etc the Wall Street crash. bankrotskap إنهِيار، إفْـلاس фалит krach krak der Zusammenbruch οικονομική κρίση, κατάρρευση quiebra kokkuvarisemine خرابی بازار romahdus faillite מַפּוֹלֶת कारोबार इत्यादि में सहसा गिरावट slom pénzügyi krach kegagalan fjárhagslegt hrun fallimento, crollo 恐慌 (사업 등의) 파산 krachas, bankrotas bankrots kegagalan urusniaga ineenstorting krakk, konkurs krach queda faliment(are) крах krach polom krah krasch การล้มละลาย iflâs 垮台；破產 крах, банкрутство كاروبار چ‍وپ‍ٹ هو جانا sự phá sản 垮台；破产

4 a sudden failure of a computer A computer crash is very costly. der Absturz panne informatique attacco di cuore* クラッシュ visiškas sugedimas crash поломка компьютера arıza yapma, çökme （計）崩潰 （计）崩溃

v

1 to (cause to) fall with a loud noise The glass crashed to the floor. kraak, bars, donder يَتَحَطَّـم، يَنْكَسـر строшавам се roztříštit (se) smadre; styrte; brage krachen πέφτω, χτυπώ με θόρυβο caer con estrépito, estrellar(se) kolinal kukkuma, pillama افتادن با صدای بلند pudottaa, pudota räsähtäen (se) fracasser לְהִתנַפֵּץ ढहना tresnuti lezuhan jatuh skellast crollare; fracassarsi ガシャンと落ちる (요란한 소리를 내며) 부서지다［부수다］ su trenksmu (nu)kristi, sudaužyti sagāzties; sabrukt; (ar troksni) saplīst jatuh terhempas kletterend vallen brake, knuse, smadre runąć z łoskotem esmigalhar-se a cădea; a (se) sparge с грохотом падать rozbiť sa treščiti tresnuti slå[] i kras ตกลงพร้อมเสียงดัง gürültüyle kır(ıl)mak, parçala(n)mak 碰撞 падати; валитися з тріском تيز آواز ك‍ے سات‍ھ‍ گرنا rơi vỡ loảng xoảng 碰撞

2 to drive or be driven violently (against, into) He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall. pletter, bots يَصْطَدم بِقُوّه، يبعَج блъскам се narazit, vrazit støde ind; smadre (zusammen-)stoßen πέφτω, συγκρούομαι με το αυτοκίνητο πανω σε κτ. chocar contra, estrellar, colisionar (millegi vastu) tormama تصادف شدید کردن törmätä (faire) percuter לְהִתנָגֵש हिंसक ढंग से किसी चीज से वाहन टकराना udariti beleszalad (vmibe), összetör (kocsit) menabrak klessa fracassarsi 衝突する 충돌하다 su- daužyti, trenktis ciest avāriju merempuh botsen brase (sammen med/inn i), krasje rozbijać, wjeżdżać bater a (se) ciocni разбивать;врезаться naraziť trčiti udariti krascha, kvadda ชนอย่างแรง çarpmak 撞坏 розбити; розтрощити تيزى س‍ے ٹ‍کرانا đâm 撞坏

3 (of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed His plane crashed in the mountains. neerstort يتَحَطَّم، تَسْقُط الطائره разбивам се zřítit se styrte ned abstürzen συντρίβομαι (για αεροσκάφος) estrellar(se) vastu maad põrkama سقوط کردن syöksyä maahan s'écraser לְהִתרָסֵק टकराना udariti lezuhan jatuh brotlenda schiantarsi 墜落する 추락하다; 추락시키다 sudužti, numušti nogāzties (par lidmašīnu) terhempas te pletter vallen krasje, styrte (ned/inn i) rozbijać się cair a se prăbuşi разбиться zrútiť sa zrušiti se srušiti se störta, krascha, kraschlanda (เครื่องบิน) ลงจอดฉุกเฉิน çakılmak 墜毀 зазнати аварії هوائى جهاز كا حادث‍ہ هونا va đụng 坠毁

4 (of a business) to fail. bankrot gaan, bankrot maak ينهار фалирам zkrachovat krakke zusammenbrechen χρεοκοπώ, αποτυγχάνω quebrar, fracasar kokku varisema کساد شدن romahtaa faire faillite לִקרוֹס काम करना बन्द कर देना propasti megbukik gagal fara á hausinn fallire つぶれる 파산하다 patirti bankrotą bankrotēt menemui kegagalan failliet gaan gå konkurs upadać falir a da faliment потерпеть крах skrachovať propasti propasti gå omkull, göra bankrutt ล้มละลาย çökmek 失敗 зазнати краху, розоритися كاروبار چ‍وپ‍ٹ هو جانا thất bại 失败

5 to force one's way noisily (through, into) He crashed through the undergrowth. boender, kraak يَشُقُّ طَريقَه بضجَّـةِ влизам с взлом prodírat se brage; styrte stürzen, poltern ορμώ abrirse camino/paso (endale) teed rajama با صدای بلند وارد شدن työntyä passer à travers qqch. avec fracas לִפרוֹץ ढेलना probijati se átcsörtet menerobos ryðjast, brjótast aprirsi un varco rumorosamente 突き進む 밀고 나아가다 brautis (ar troksni) []drāzties merempuh stormen brase/ramle (gjennom/inn i) pchać się penetrar a-şi face loc (cu zgomot) с шумом пробираться predierať sa lomastiti upasti rusa (fara, braka) fram บุกเข้าไป paldır küldür girmek （發出很響聲音地）沖闖 наскакувати з тріском تيز آواز ك‍ے سات‍ھ داخل هونا tiếng huyên náo （发出很响声音地）冲闯

6 (of a computer) to stop working suddenly If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files. abstürzen tomber en panne クラッシュする visiškai sugesti crashen, vastlopen ломаться arıza yapmak, çökmek （計）忽然停止工作 （计）忽然停止工作

adj

rapid and concentrated a crash course in computer technology. blits=, kits=, snel= سَريع ومُرَكَّـز интензивен intenzivní lyn- Intensiv-... εντατικός acelerado, intensivo intensiiv- کلاس فشرده و کوتاه مدت intensiivi- intensif בָּזַק तेज brz, zbijen gyorstalpaló intensif skyndi- intensivo 速成の 속성의, 긴급의 intensyvus intensīvs; pastiprināts program kilat spoed- intensiv- przyspieszony intensivo intensiv ускоренный intenzívny pospešen nagao forcerad, intensiv ซึ่งเร่งรัด yoğun 速成的 інтенсивний سريع الوقتى نصاب cấp tốc 速成的

n ˈcrash-helmet

a covering for the head, worn for protection by racing-motorists, motor cyclists etc. valhelm خوذَة الأرتِطـام шлем přilba styrthjelm der Sturzhelm προστατευτικό κράνος casco protector kaitsekiiver کلاه ایمنی suojakypärä casque קָסדָה रक्षात्मक टोप kaciga bukósisak helm öryggishjálmur casco 安全ヘルメット (경주자용) 안전 헬멧 šalmas aizsargķivere topi keledar keselamatan valhelm styrthjelm kask capacete cască (защитный) шлем helma zaščitna čelada kaciga störthjälm หมวกกันน็อค kask 防撞頭盔 шолом بچاؤ ك‍ے ل‍ۓ پهنا جانيوالا هيلم‍ٹ mũ bảo hiểm 防撞头盔

v ˌcrash-ˈland

to land (an aircraft), usually in an emergency, with the undercarriage up. buiklanding يَهبِط بالطائرة مُتَحَطِّمـا кацам принудително přistát bez podvozku (nouzově) nødlande Bruchlandung machen κάνω αναγκαστική προσγείωση aterrizaje forzoso efectuar un hädamaandumist tegema فرود اجباری کردن tehdä pakkolasku se poser en catastrophe לִנחוֹת נְחִיתַת חֵרוּם जहाज का नियंत्रित रूप से दुर्घटनाग्रस्त होना prisilno sletjeti kényszerleszállást hajt végre (töréssel) mendarat darurat brotlenda fare/effettuare un atterraggio d'emergenza 胴体着陸する 불시착하다; 불시착시키다 nutupdyti avarijos ištiktą lėktuvą (par lidmašīnu) ciest avāriju (nolaižoties) jatuh terhempas een noodlanding maken krasjlande, nødlande, havarere lądować awaryjnie fazer uma aterragem forçada a ateriza forţat совершать аварийную посадку núdzovo pristáť zasilno pristati prinudno sleteti kraschlanda ลงสู่พื้นดินอย่างกะทันหัน acil iniş yapmak 強迫著陸 зазнати аварії під час посадки خراب يا تباه هو كر نيچ‍ے آ رهنا sân bay dã chiến 强迫着陆