crash
smash | the act of colliding with something, his crash through the window, the fullback's smash into the defensive line |
| crash landing | an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft) |
| crash dive | a rapid descent by a submarine |
| crash barrier | a strong protective barrier that is erected around a racetrack or in the middle of a dual-lane highway in order to reduce the likelihood of severe accidents |
| crash helmet | a padded helmet worn by people riding bicycles or motorcycles, protects the head in case of accidents |
traumatology
accident surgery | the branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents |
crash course
crash program
crash programme | a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency), he took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy, his first job was a crash course in survival and in learning how to get along with people, a crash programme is needed to create new jobs |
accident
stroke fortuity
chance event | anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause, winning the lottery was a happy accident, the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck, it was due to an accident or fortuity |
| accident | an unfortunate mishap, especially one causing damage or injury |
crash
wreck | a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles), they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane |
act of God
force majeure
vis major
inevitable accident
unavoidable casualty | a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events, he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God |
fatal accident
casualty | an accident that causes someone to die |
clang
clangor
clangour
clangoring
clank
clash
crash | a loud resonant repeating noise, he could hear the clang of distant bells |
| crash collapse | a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) |
| crash | (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 |
| head crash | (computer science) a crash of a read
write head in a hard disk drive (usually caused by contact of the head with the surface of the magnetic disk) |
stroke
apoplexy
cerebrovascular accident
CVA | a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain |
doss
doss down
crash | sleep in a convenient place, You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable |
| crash a go down e | stop operating, My computer crashed last night, The system goes down at least once a week |
| crash b | undergo a sudden and severe downturn, the economy crashed, will the stock market crash again? |
| crash dash | hurl or thrust violently, He dashed the plate against the wall, Waves were dashing against the rock |
crash
ram | undergo damage or destruction on impact, the plane crashed into the ocean, The car crashed into the lamp post |
| crash break up break apart | break violently or noisily, smash, |
| crash | cause to crash, The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace, Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost |
| crash-dive | descend steeply and rapidly |
| crash | fall or come down violently, The branch crashed down on my car, The plane crashed in the sea |
| crash land | make an emergency landing |
barge in
crash
gate-crash | enter uninvited, informal, let's crash the party! |
| crash | move violently as through a barrier, The terrorists crashed the gate |
| crash | move with, or as if with, a crashing noise, The car crashed through the glass door |
| crash | make a sudden loud sound, the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night |
| crash | occupy, usually uninvited, My son's friends crashed our house last weekend |
| accident-prone | having more than the average number of accidents |