crash

About 6.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.

   The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.

2. noun An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.

   She broke two bones in her body in a car crash.

3. noun A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.

   My computer had a crash so I had to reboot it.

4. noun A sudden large decline in the value of money, stocks or other assets, etc., especially one that causes additional economic difficulties.

   the stock market crash

5. noun A comedown from a drug.
6. noun A group of rhinoceroses.
7. noun A sudden decline in any living form's population levels, often leading to extinction.
8. noun tarlatan, mull.

Similar words

smash collision clash gate-crash clank collapse clang clangour clangor jangle

Often followed by

of and in into course on that the was

Word family

crash out crashed crasher crashers crashes crashing