crash🔊

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

An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.

(computing) A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable. +

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

(informal) A comedown from a drug.

(collective) A group of rhinoceroses.

(ecology) A sudden decline in any living form's population levels, often leading to extinction.

Quick, fast, intensive, impromptu.

To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.

To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.

To hit or strike with force.

To make a sudden loud noise.

(slang) (gatecrash)

(management) To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.

(slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.

(slang) To give, as a favor.

(slang) To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion. +

To experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated.

To terminate or halt execution due to an exception. +

To cause an exception that terminates or halts execution.

To take a sudden and severe turn for the worse; to rapidly and catastrophically deteriorate.

(textiles) A type of rough linen.