Crash Kræʃ Killed Involving Sudden Computer Noun Car/Plane

• a car/plane crash
• a man has been arrested in connection with a fatal crash on the m4 motorway.
• it is not clear what caused the crash.
• a girl was killed yesterday in a crash involving a stolen car.

crash

1. an accident in which a vehicle hits something, for example another vehicle, usually causing damage and often injuring or killing the passengers
• SEE ALSO car crash
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• a car/plane crash
• A man has been arrested in connection with a fatal crash on the M4 motorway.
• It is not clear what caused the crash.
• A girl was killed yesterday in a crash involving a stolen car.
• 34 people died in the train crash.
• There were no other vehicles involved in the crash.
• Mechanical failures were to blame for the crash of the helicopter.

Extra Examples

• He had survived a plane crash.
• He had survived a spectacular crash in a truck race.
• He was killed in a train crash.
• In thirty years of driving she had never had a crash.
• She swerved to avoid a crash.
• The crash claimed three lives.
• a crash involving two cars and a bus
• a fiery crash which killed the pilot
• a major air crash
2. a sudden loud noise made, for example, by something falling or breaking
• The tree fell with a great crash.
• The first distant crash of thunder shook the air.
• She heard the crash of shattering glass as the vehicles collided.

Extra Examples

• The bike hit the street and made a loud crash.
• The plates fell to the floor with an almighty crash.
• There was a sickening crash as her head hit the ground.
• the crash of the waves
3. a sudden serious fall in the price or value of something; the occasion when a business, etc. fails
• Some economists have been predicting another crash for years.
• the 2008 stock market crash
• the crash of 2008
• a crash in share prices
4. a sudden failure of a machine or system, especially of a computer or computer system
• Users won't lose important data if a hardware problem causes a crash.
• a computer crash
• A systems crash in the morning and a bomb scare in the afternoon provided enough excitement for one day.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: imitative, perhaps partly suggested by craze and dash.