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as in collision
the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact
the fiery crash of two jumbo jet airplanes in midair
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as in collapse
a falling short of one's goals
refused to be discouraged by the crash of her hairdressing business
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as in shock
a forceful coming together of two things
a story about the crash of two alien cultures and the unfortunate consequences
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as in to smash
to cause to break with violence and much noise
crashed the vase against the wall
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as in to bump
to come into usually forceful contact with something
the speeding car crashed into the tree with horrifying results
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as in to die
to stop functioning
my computer crashed yet again
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as in to fall
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
sales of that phone have crashed since the competing version came out
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as in to retire
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
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as in to stay
slang
to reside as a temporary guest
I'm going to crash at my sister's apartment when I'm in New York
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Recent Examples of crash
Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
The crash occurred when a school bus carrying two students crossed the tracks and was struck by a train, pushing the bus nearly a quarter mile down the line.
—Brian New, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
The car crashed into a lake near Lakeside Way and Lakeside Drive—around half a mile away from where they were first spotted.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The Gem County Coroner was unable to share information about the crash when contacted by PEOPLE.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
The crash occurred when a school bus carrying two students crossed the tracks and was struck by a train, pushing the bus nearly a quarter mile down the line.
—Brian New, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
Waymo frequently points to data showing its vehicles crash less often per mile than human drivers.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
The car crashed into a lake near Lakeside Way and Lakeside Drive—around half a mile away from where they were first spotted.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crash
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In 2023, the California Office of Traffic Safety ranked Sutter County ninth and Yuba County eighth for injury collisions out of the state's 58 counties, placing the region among the highest in the state for fatal and injury crashes.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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This magnetized ridge appears to funnel material and magnetic flux between the merging nuclei, further emphasizing the role of magnetic fields in governing the flow of matter during galactic collisions.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Video of the collapse, which shows the structure tumbling like a house of cards, quickly spread like wildfire online.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Even collapse felt easier in motion than rotting in that cabin.—
Nick Dothée,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Vestar was born in 1988 during private equity’s first boom, the same year a brash NYC firm known as Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts took down mighty RJR Nabisco for $25 billion ($70 billion in today’s terms), back when deals were called LBOs and dealmakers were known as corporate raiders.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The ones who are buying in are bullish enough to invoke the GLP-1 weight-loss drug boom.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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This should not come as a shock.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
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From crafting journeys for multi-generational families to navigating geopolitical shocks, the company has relied on them.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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The third-grade children were traveling back to Yeshivat Noam Jewish day school in Paramus after a class trip to the Liberty Science Center when a large rock smashed through the bus window, the school previously told Fox News Digital.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Masked thieves jumped out and used trash cans, crowbars and hammers to smash every showcase, Ramzy Tabello, the owner, told freelance news videographer OC Hawk.—
Ryanne Mena,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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After being bumped to September for three straight years because of the NSCAR Street Race, the Taste of Chicago is reclaiming its longstanding dates in July, the city announced.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Now, it’s been bumped down to #2.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Vince Gill, the country star who joined the band after original member Glenn Frey died in 2016, shouldered most of the load caused by Walsh’s absence.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
25 Jan. 2026
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The co-worker said Pretti researched how to prevent veterans from dying from colon cancer.—
Jeff Winter,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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The agent shoves the observer again, and then turns his attention to Pretti, pushing him out of the way before shoving the observer to the ground.—
Yahya Abou-Ghazala,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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How the producers aren’t manipulative gods, but brilliant storytellers, animated by their own needs and insecurities, who sometimes push too hard in their quest to alchemize real people into three-act structure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Crash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crash. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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