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The Meaning of crash

  • (v. t. ) To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
  • (v. i.) To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.
  • (v. i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.
  • (n.) A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.
  • (n.) Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.
  • (n.) Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.

Synonyms

clang , clangor , clangour , clangoring , clank , clash , wreck , collapse , smash , ram , break up , break apart , barge in , gate-crash , dash , go down , doss , doss down

Rhymes

abash , asch , asche , ash , ashe , backlash , balderdash , basch , bash , brasch , brash , cache , cash , clash , dasch , dash , eyelash , flasch , flash , frasch , furash , gash , gnash , guasch , hasch , hash , kash , lasch , lash , lukash , masch , mash , mishmash , moustache , mustache , nash , noncash , palash , pash , plash , potash , precrash , rasch , rasche , rash , rehash , sash , slapdash , slash , smash , splash , stash , tasch , tash , thrash , trash , whiplash