car crash

noun

plural car crashes
1
: a vehicular crash involving one or more automobiles
2
: disaster
… a car crash of a collapse by the Blue Jays bullpen in one of the most disheartening defeats of the season …Rob Longley

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of car crash was in 1915

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“Car crash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/car%20crash. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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