1
as in breakdowns
a mental or nervous collapse
a crack-up required him to take a year off from work
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as in collisions
the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact
two people were injured in a serious crack-up on the interstate
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Noun
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Early motorists often carried tools and spare parts, expecting breakdowns as part of the journey.—
Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2026 -
Your home routine might be interrupted because of appliance breakdowns, a minor breakage or unexpected company at the door.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2026
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But demonstrating this beyond a shadow of a doubt proved in some respects more challenging than actually creating the elusive plasma itself, with the case for success strengthening as RHIC’s numbers of collisions soared.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
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Sports already take severe head impacts and concussions seriously, with protocols to remove players after collisions.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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High-speed, one-way corridors are associated with more severe crashes.—
Tim Giuliani,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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Multiple dead, several injured after car crashes into grocery store.—
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FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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From midnight to noon Saturday, Medic responded to 33 wrecks, including a collision at Arrowood Road and Whitehall Executive Park Drive that hospitalized two people with life-threatening injuries.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Jan. 2026
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No deaths were reported in the wrecks, but six deaths inside the five boroughs were blamed on the ice-cold weather that arrived shortly before the snow.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Crack-ups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crack-ups. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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