crashed

verb

past tense of crash
1
as in shattered
to cause to break with violence and much noise crashed the vase against the wall

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2
as in collided
to come into usually forceful contact with something the speeding car crashed into the tree with horrifying results

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3
as in died
to stop functioning my computer crashed yet again

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4
as in pushed
to force one's way fleeing animals crashed through the forest

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5
as in fell
to go to a lower level especially abruptly sales of that phone have crashed since the competing version came out

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6
as in retired
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 stayed
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 crashed On Monday, De Miguel was not looking when Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono crashed into him while disputing a high ball late in the game. — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026 After a Learjet 55 crashed in Philadelphia in January 2025, its recorder sat for days in water and fuel at the bottom of an impact crater. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026 On September 23, Richie O’Brien was walking his bicycle across Central Park’s East Drive at 84th Street, near the Metropolitan Museum, on his way to his job as a steamfitter, when another biker crashed into him. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2026 On Wednesday, a rush to open new accounts elsewhere crashed other banks’ apps, fueling public panic. — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026 Two people were injured and one person was killed when a helicopter crashed into Biscayne Bay off Key Biscayne on Wednesday morning. — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 Both helicopters crashed into a private farm field southeast of McMinnville. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026 Her name was Elsie, and the double doors crashed open as she was wheeled in on a trolley. — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026 And by the next election cycle, the three politicians who most relished surfing that anti-immigrant wave had crashed on the rocks and landed out of office. — Michael Kiefer, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crashed
  1. shattered
  2. collided
  3. died
  4. pushed
  5. fell
  6. retired
  7. stayed
  8. smashed
Verb
  • Bystander video showed a fiery crater gouged into Military Trail, a major highway, with the pavement buckled and shattered around the wreckage.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Still, the state has shattered early voting records with a more diverse electorate and stronger turnout in left-leaning jurisdictions.
    — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of shattered
Verb
  • Their helmets collided after the play was over, and Gordon seemingly took that as a challenge.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Three people were killed after two helicopters collided midair near an airport in Oregon on Thursday afternoon, October 29, prompting an investigation by federal aviation authorities.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of collided
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  • Juan Atkins, the originator of techno music and a founding member of the electronic music group Cybotron, has died at the age of 64.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Both victims were University of Colorado Boulder students, and the Boulder County Coroner's Office will release the identity of the victim who died, according to a news release from the city of Boulder.
    — Eric Mack , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of died
Verb
  • Hyperscaler stocks, though, soared, with traders betting they will be forced to rein in the rapid spending that has pushed their free cash flow to negative territory.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Hypersonic travel and space exploration depend on materials that refuse to shatter when pushed past normal physical limits.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of pushed
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  • Collins faces Democrat Troy Jackson, a former Maine Senate leader who stepped in to the race after scandals felled nominee Graham Platner in July.
    — Justin Papp,Caleigh Keating,Garrett Downs,Kevin Breuninger,Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
  • In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of fell
Verb
  • In 2004, Brodsky became Comcast’s non-executive vice chairman and retired from the company and its board of directors in 2011.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Settle what is queued up for you, including the priority that has to be retired to make room.
    — Leslie Ellis, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of retired
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  • Instead of insisting on playing through pressure, defenders cleared the ball when necessary, stayed compact and protected a narrow lead.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • In places where the lines stayed unchanged, like Indiana and Pennsylvania and New Jersey and New York, GOP incumbents lost.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of stayed
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  • When they were smashed into molecules consisting of two ordinary hydrogen atoms, the muonic atoms implanted themselves within those molecules and assimilated one of their hydrogens.
    — George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
  • In Frankfurt, police said Molotov cocktails were thrown at emergency personnel and shop windows were smashed.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of smashed

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“Crashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crashed. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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