(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
His elder son was killed in a car ~ a few years ago.
...a plane ~.
= accident
N-COUNT: oft n N
2.
If a moving vehicle ~es or if the driver ~es it, it hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
The plane ~ed mysteriously near the island of Ustica.
...when his car ~ed into the rear of a van...
Even his death, after ~ing his motorcycle on a bridge in New Orleans, was spectacular...
Her body was found near a ~ed car.
VERB: V, V into n, V n, V-ed
3.
If something ~es somewhere, it moves and hits something else violently, making a loud noise.
The door swung inwards to ~ against a chest of drawers behind it...
I heard them coming, ~ing through the undergrowth, before I saw them.
VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv
4.
A ~ is a sudden, loud noise.
Two people in the flat recalled hearing a loud ~ about 1.30 a.m.
N-COUNT
5.
If a business or financial system ~es, it fails suddenly, often with serious effects. (BUSINESS)
When the market ~ed, they assumed the deal would be cancelled.
VERB: V
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Crash is also a noun.
He predicted correctly that there was going to be a stock market ~.
N-COUNT
6.
If a computer or a computer program ~es, it fails suddenly. (COMPUTING)
...after the computer ~ed for the second time in 10 days.
VERB: V