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verb

/kræʃ/

present tense
I/you/we/they	crash
he/she/it	crashes
present participle	crashing
past tense	crashed
past participle	crashed

Related dictionary definitions

1
[intransitive] if a moving vehicle crashes, it hits something, causing damage
The car skidded and I thought we were going to crash.
crash into:
Three people were killed when their car crashed into a tree.
Synonyms or related words for this meaning of crash: more
1. a.
  [transitive] if someone crashes a moving vehicle, they hit something with it, causing damage
  On his way to the party, Cliff crashed his car.
  Synonyms or related words for this meaning of crash: more
2. b.
  [intransitive/transitive] if a plane crashes, or if someone crashes it, it falls from the sky
  A 737 aircraft crashed near Heidelberg.
  He crashed his plane on landing, causing £9,000 of damage.
  crash into:
  Amazingly, he survived when his plane crashed into the sea.
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2
[intransitive/transitive] to hit something hard, making a loud noise and often causing damage
crash against/into/through/to:
A ball came crashing through the window.
The wind howled and the waves crashed against the rocks.
crash to the floor/ground:
As Kelly saw him, the tray she was carrying crashed to the floor.
crash something against/into something:
He lifted his foot and crashed it into the door.
Synonyms or related words for this meaning of crash: hit, collide, run over, smash into, ram... more
1. a.
  [intransitive] to make a sudden loud noise, as if something is being hit
  Thunder crashed and boomed outside.
  Synonyms or related words for this meaning of crash: more
3
[intransitive] economics if the stock market crashes, its value falls suddenly
Synonyms or related words for this meaning of crash: more
1. a.
  if a business crashes, it fails suddenly and completely
  Synonyms or related words for this meaning of crash: close, shut down, wind up, go under, liquidate... more
4
[intransitive] computing if a computer or computer program crashes, it suddenly stops working
Synonyms or related words for this meaning of crash: more
5
[intransitive] informal to sleep somewhere for the night, usually when you did not plan to do this
You can crash at my place if you like.
Synonyms or related words for this meaning of crash: sleep, doze off, drift off, doze, nap... more
6
[transitive] informal to go to a party that you have not been invited to
Synonyms or related words for this meaning of crash: visit, go around, call, drop by, call on... more

phrase

crash and burn
informal
to fail completely
The company crashed and burned after less than a year.
Synonyms or related words for this meaning of crash: fail, founder, languish, backfire, fizzle... more

phrasal verbs

crash around

or crash about British

[intransitive]

present tense
I/you/we/they	crash around
he/she/it	crashes around
present participle	crashing around
past tense	crashed around
past participle	crashed around

to make a lot of noise as you move around in a place

I could hear him crashing around in the bathroom.

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crash out

[intransitive] informal

present tense
I/you/we/they	crash out
he/she/it	crashes out
present participle	crashing out
past tense	crashed out
past participle	crashed out

1
to suddenly start sleeping, usually when you are very tired
I crashed out around ten in front of the TV.
Synonyms or related words for this meaning of crash: sleep, doze off, drift off, doze, nap... more
2
mainly journalism to be badly defeated so that you have to leave a competition
crash out of:
England crashed out of the European Cup again today.
Synonyms or related words for this meaning of crash: submit, surrender, surrender, appease, give away... more

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