Thesaurus: crash

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1. v. t. To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
2. v. i. To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.
3. v. i. To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.
4. n. A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.
5. n. Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.
6. n. Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.
7. n. a loud resonant repeating noise
8. n. a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
9. n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
10. n. the act of colliding with something
11. n. (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative
12. v. fall or come down violently