| word | crash |
|---|---|
| definition | noun A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed . His elder son was killed in a car crash a few years ago. ...a plane crash. A crash is a sudden, loud noise. Two people in the flat recalled hearing a loud crash about 1.30 a.m. verb If a moving vehicle crashes or if the driver crashes it, it hits something and is damaged or destroyed. The plane crashed mysteriously near the island of Ustica. ...when his car crashed into the rear of a van. He crashed his bike into a parked car and broke his arm. Her body was found near a crashed car. If something crashes somewhere, it moves and hits something else violently, making a loud noise. The door swung inwards to crash against a chest of drawers behind it. My words were lost as the walls above us crashed down, filling the cellar with brick dust. I heard them coming, crashing through the undergrowth, before I saw them. If a business or financial system crashes, it fails suddenly, often with serious effects . When the market crashed, they assumed the deal would be cancelled. He predicted correctly that there was going to be a stock market crash. If a computer or a computer program crashes, it fails suddenly. ...after the computer crashed for the second time in 10 days. |
| inflections | crashescrashingcrashed |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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