| VERB | motion | crash | fall or come down violently |
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| motion | crash | move with, or as if with, a crashing noise | |
| contact | crash, ram | undergo damage or destruction on impact | |
| motion | crash | move violently as through a barrier / barrier | |
| contact | crash, break up, break apart | break violently or noisily | |
| stative | crash | occupy, usually uninvited | |
| perception | crash | make a sudden loud sound | |
| motion | crash, barge in, gate-crash | enter uninvited | |
| contact | crash | cause to crash | |
| contact | crash, dash | hurl or thrust violently | |
| change | crash | undergo a sudden and severe downturn | |
| change | crash, go down | stop operating | |
| body | crash, doss, doss down | sleep in a convenient place | |
| NOUN | event | crash, clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash | a loud resonant repeating noise |
| event | crash, wreck | a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles) | |
| event | crash, collapse | a sudden large decline of business or the prices / prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) | |
| act | crash, smash | the act of colliding with something | |
| event | crash | (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative |
| Sounds | krae'sh | |
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| Rhymes | abash ... whiplash: 38 rhymes with aesh... | |
| Meaning | A loud resonant repeating noise. | |
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| Synonyms | clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash | |
| Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| Spanish | estrépito, estruendo | |
| Catalan | estrèpit | |
| Verbs | crash | move with, or as if with, a crashing noise |
| Meaning | A serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane" | |
| Synonym | wreck | |
| Narrower | prang | A crash involving a car or plane |
| Broader | accident | An unfortunate mishap |
| Spanish | choque | |
| Catalan | topada, xoc | |
| Verbs | crash | undergo damage or destruction on impact |
| Meaning | A sudden large decline of business or the prices / prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures). | |
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| Synonym | collapse | |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
| Spanish | hundimiento, quiebra | |
| Verbs | crash | undergo a sudden and severe downturn |
| Meaning | The act of colliding with something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "his crash through the window" | |
| Synonym | smash | |
| Narrower | impingement, impaction | A sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something |
| Broader | hit, hitting, striking | The act of contacting one thing with another |
| Spanish | castaña, choque, colisión | |
| Catalan | topada, xoc | |
| Verbs | crash | undergo damage or destruction on impact |
| Meaning | (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since" | |
| Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
| Narrower | 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) |
| Broader | mishap, misadventure, mischance | An instance of misfortune |
| Spanish | crash | |
| Verbs | crash | stop operating |
| Meaning | fall or come down violently. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The branches crash from the trees | |
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| Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Spanish | caer, derrumbarse, destruirse, quebrarse, venirse abajo | |
| Catalan | destruir, estavellar-se, rompre's, topar, trencar-se, xocar | |
| Meaning | Move with, or as if with, a crashing noise. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The car crashed through the glass door" | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | chocar, colisionar, estrellarse, moverse ruidosamente, quebrarse | |
| Catalan | estavellar-se, rompre's, topar, xocar | |
| Nouns | crash | a loud resonant repeating noise |
| Meaning | Undergo damage or destruction on impact. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | These cars won't crash | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | ram | |
| Broader | collide, clash | crash together with violent impact |
| Spanish | chocar, estrellarse | |
| Catalan | estavellar-se, topar, xocar | |
| Nouns | crash | the act of colliding with something |
| crash | a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles) | |
| Meaning | Move violently as through a barrier / barrier. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The terrorists crashed the gate" | |
| Broader | pass | go across or through |
| Meaning | break violently or noisily; smash. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Model | The glass tubes crash | |
| Synonyms | break up, break apart | |
| Caused by | crash | Cause to crash |
| Broader | disintegrate | break / break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity |
| Similar to | crash | Cause to crash |
| Spanish | estrellarse, quebrarse, separar, terminar | |
| Catalan | esclatar, estavellar-se, rompre, topar, trencar-se, trencar, xocar | |
| Meaning | Occupy, usually uninvited. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend" | |
| Broader | occupy, reside, lodge in | Live (in a certain place) |
| Spanish | colarse, instalarse | |
| Meaning | Make a sudden loud sound. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night" | |
| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
| Meaning | Enter uninvited; informal. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "let's crash the party!" | |
| Synonyms | barge in, gate-crash | |
| Broader | intrude, irrupt | Enter uninvited |
| Spanish | imponerse, inmiscuirse | |
| Catalan | immiscuir-se, imposar-se | |
| Nouns | crasher | someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying |
| Meaning | Cause to crash. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Cause to | crash, break up, break apart | break violently or noisily |
| Narrower | ditch | crash or crash-land |
| prang | crash | |
| wrap | Crash into so as to coil around | |
| Broader | collide | Cause to collide |
| Similar to | crash, break up, break apart | break violently or noisily |
| Spanish | chocar | |
| Meaning | hurl or thrust violently. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonym | dash | |
| Broader | hurl, hurtle, cast | Throw forcefully |
| Spanish | arrojar, chocar, colisionar, estrellar, tirar violentamente | |
| Meaning | Undergo a sudden and severe downturn. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Nouns | crash | a sudden large decline of business or the prices / prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) |
| Meaning | stop operating. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "My computer crashed last night" | |
| Synonym | go down | |
| Broader | fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down | stop operating or functioning |
| Spanish | dejar de funcionar, estropearse | |
| Nouns | crash | (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative |
| Meaning | sleep in a convenient place. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable" | |
| Synonyms | doss, doss down | |
| Broader | bed down, bunk down | go to bed |
| Spanish | echarse | |
| Catalan | ajeure's | |
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