crash

fall or come down violently

• “The branch crashed down on my car”
• “The plane crashed in the sea”

move with, or as if with, a crashing noise

• “The car crashed through the glass door”

undergo damage or destruction on impact

• “the plane crashed into the ocean”
• “The car crashed into the lamp post”

move violently as through a barrier

• “The terrorists crashed the gate”

break violently or noisily; smash;

occupy, usually uninvited

• “My son”

enter uninvited; informal

• “let”

cause to crash

• “The terrorists crashed the car into the gate of the palace”

hurl or thrust violently

• “He dashed the plate against the wall”
• “Waves were dashing against the rock”

undergo a sudden and severe downturn

• “the economy crashed”
• “will the stock market crash again?”

stop operating

• “My computer crashed last night”
• “The system goes down at least once a week”

sleep in a convenient place

• “You can crash here, though it”

a loud resonant repeating noise

• “he could hear the clang of distant bells”

a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)

• “they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane”

a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

the act of colliding with something

• “his crash through the window”
• “the fullback”

(computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative

• “the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since”