crash

crash

verb

Definition of CRASH

1

to cause to break with violence and much noise <crashed the vase against the wall>

Synonyms break down, crash, shatter

Related Words bust, fracture, fragment; annihilate, bash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, nuke, pulverize, ruin, tear down, total, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreck; shiver, splinter, split; crack, crunch, crush, snap

2

to come into usually forceful contact with something <the speeding car crashed into the tree with horrifying results>

Synonyms bang, bash, bump, collide, crash, impact, impinge, knock, ram, slam, smash, strike, swipe, thud

Related Words bounce, carom, clunk, glance, rebound, ricochet, skim, skip; contact, land, touch; brush, graze, kiss, nudge, scrape, shave, sweep; bulldoze, jostle, muscle, press, push

Near Antonyms miss, skirt

3

to stop functioning <my computer crashed yet again>

Synonyms break, break down, conk (out), crash, cut out, die, give out, stall

Related Words fizzle, sputter, wheeze; act up, malfunction; jam

Antonyms start (up)

4

to force one's way <the drunken partygoer crashed into my room and promptly passed out>

Synonyms bore, bull, bulldoze, crash, elbow, jam, jostle, muscle, push, shoulder, squeeze

Related Words ram, shove, thrust

5

to go to a lower level especially abruptly <sales of that digital camera have crashed since the competing version came out>

Synonyms crash, crater, decline, descend, dip, dive, fall, lower, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, sink, skid, tumble

Related Words abate, decrease, de-escalate, die (down), diminish, droop, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, moderate, subside, taper off, wane; recede, retreat

Near Antonyms accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mushroom, pick up, snowball, swell, wax

Antonyms arise, ascend, lift, mount, rise, soar, spike, up

slang

to go to one's bed in order to sleep <I'm so exhausted that I'm just going to crash as soon as we get home>

Synonyms crash [slang], doss (down) [chiefly British], retire, turn in

Related Words bunk, perch, roost, settle; doze, drop off, nap, nod, sleep, slumber, snooze; couch, lie (down), recline

Near Antonyms arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, wake, waken; bestir, stir; reawake, reawaken; shift, stir

Antonyms arise, get up, rise, uprise

slang

to reside as a temporary guest <I'm going to crash at my sister's apartment when I'm in New York>

Synonyms crash [slang], sojourn, stay, tarry

Related Words come by, come over, drop by, drop in, run in, step in, stop (by); frequent, hang (around or out), haunt; inhabit, occupy

Near Antonyms abide, dwell, live, reside