Crash /(krăsh)/
Crash
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Crashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Crashing
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To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence. [R.]
He shakt his head, and crasht his teeth for ire.
Crash
v. i.
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To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.
Roofs were blazing and walls crashing in every part of the city.
- To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.
Crash
n.
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A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.
The wreck of matter and the crash of worlds.
- Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise. as, the stock market crash of 1929.
Crash
n.
- Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.