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• i was terrified that the plane would crash.
• we're going to crash, aren't we?
• a truck went out of control and crashed into the back of a bus.
• he crashed his car into a wall.

crash

1. if a vehicle crashes or the driver crashes it, it hits an object or another vehicle, causing damage
• I was terrified that the plane would crash.
• We're going to crash, aren't we?
• A truck went out of control and crashed into the back of a bus.
• He crashed his car into a wall.
• I was terrified that the plane would crash.
• The car skidded and slammed into a tree.
• The car and the van collided head-on in thick fog.
• Ram-raiders smashed a stolen car through the shop window.
• We’re going to crash, aren’t we?
• He crashed down the telephone receiver.
2. to hit something hard while moving, causing noise and/or damage; to make something hit somebody/something in this way
• A brick crashed through the window.
• With a sweep of his hand he sent the glasses crashing to the floor.
• The door crashed open.
• She stormed out of the room and crashed the door shut behind her.
3. to make a loud noise
• Thunder crashed overhead.
4. to lose value or fail suddenly and quickly
• See related entries: Economy
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/economy/crash_8
• Share prices crashed to an all-time low yesterday.
• The company crashed with debts of £50 million.
5. if a computer crashes or you crash a computer, it stops working suddenly
• See related entries: Computer software
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/computer_software/crash_7
• Files can be lost if the system suddenly crashes.
• = gatecrash
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/gatecrash
6. to lose very badly in a sports game
• The team crashed to their worst defeat this season.
7. to fall asleep; to sleep somewhere you do not usually sleep
• I was so tired I crashed out on the sofa.
• I've come to crash on your floor for a couple of nights.
8. if somebody crashes, their heart stops beating
9. to go wrong or to fail badly and suddenly
• His career crashed and burned after he threatened a journalist.
• The stock markets are getting ready to crash and burn.
• He continued to crash and burn through personal controversies that included driving drunk.
10. a very boring person

Extra Examples

• Can I crash at your place tonight?
• He crashed the car into a tree.
• Look out! We’re going to crash!
• The company crashed with debts of £80 million.
• The waves crashed deafeningly.
• They crashed on my floor for a couple of nights.
• They dance to the loud music of pounding drums and crashing cymbals.
• We were badly affected when the stock market crashed in October 1987.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they crash
• he / she / it crashes
• past simple crashed
• past participle crashed
• -ing form crashing

Word Origin

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