Definition of crashing
- a crashing effect
a crashing bore, he can turn any party into a funeral
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1924
absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, categorical (also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, dead, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, rank, regular, sheer, simple, stark, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, very;
doubtful, dubious, equivocal, qualified, questionable, restricted, uncertain;
authentic, classic, genuine, real, veritable;
constant, endless, eternal, perpetual, undying, unremitting;
confirmed, habitual, hopeless, inveterate;
extraordinary, frightful, horrible, huge, main, superlative, supreme, surpassing, terrible, terrific;
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