I.
noun
1 sudden loud noise
ADJECTIVE
▪ almighty , deafening , great , huge , loud , resounding , thunderous
▪ sickening , terrible
▪
There was a sickening ~ as her head hit the ground.
VERB + CRASH
▪ hear
▪ make
▪
The bike hit the street and made a loud ~.
CRASH + VERB
▪ come from
▪
A loud ~ came from the kitchen.
PREPOSITION
▪ with a ~
▪
The plates fell to the floor with an almighty ~.
▪ ~ of
▪
a distant ~ of thunder
▪
the ~ of the waves
2 accident involving a car, plane, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ horrific , major , serious ( esp. BrE )
▪
a major air ~
▪ fatal
▪ head-on
▪ high-speed
▪ airplane ( AmE ), automobile ( AmE ), bus , car , coach ( BrE ), helicopter , plane , train
▪ air , highway ( in the US ), motorway ( in the UK ), rail , road
▪ alcohol-related
▪ spectacular
▪
He had survived a spectacular ~ in a truck race.
▪ fiery ( AmE )
▪
a fiery ~ which killed the pilot
VERB + CRASH
▪ cause
▪ have
▪
In thirty years of driving she had never had a ~.
▪ survive
▪
He had survived a plane ~.
▪ avoid , prevent
▪
She swerved to avoid a ~.
CRASH + VERB
▪ happen , occur
▪ involve sth
▪
a ~ involving two cars and a bus
▪ kill sb
▪ claim sth
▪
The ~ claimed three lives.
CRASH + NOUN
▪ victim
▪ site
▪ landing
▪ barrier ( BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
He was killed in a train ~.
3 business failure
ADJECTIVE
▪ financial
▪ bank , dotcom , property ( BrE ), stock-market
▪
the stock-market ~ of 1987
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
a ~ in share prices
II.
verb
Crash is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ aircraft , ↑ bank , ↑ car , ↑ computer , ↑ cymbal , ↑ helicopter , ↑ jet , ↑ market , ↑ pilot , ↑ plane , ↑ program , ↑ shell , ↑ surf , ↑ system , ↑ thunder , ↑ train , ↑ vehicle , ↑ wave
Crash is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ car , ↑ computer , ↑ gear , ↑ party , ↑ plane
III.
adj.
Crash is used with these nouns: ↑ course , ↑ diet