crashed

past tense of crash
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as in pushed
to force one's way fleeing animals crashed through the forest

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of crashed 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 The sun wasn't even up when a truck barreled down Fellsway East in Malden, Massachusetts, and crashed into a tree, narrowly missing people standing nearby. — Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 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 Tragedy struck on November 28, 2004, when a private plane carrying Ebersol and sons Charles and Teddy crashed at the Montrose Regional Airport in Colorado. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026 Saint James and Ebersol were married in 1981, and in 2004, Dick and their sons, Charles and Teddy, crashed while aboard a private plane in Colorado. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2026 In 2004, Charlie was on a private jet with his father and younger brother Teddy when the plane crashed. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 27 Oct. 2026 The Toyota, of which the Chevy’s impact heavily damaged its driver’s side, crashed into a fence west of Columbia Avenue, Fifield said. — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crashed
Verb
  • Georgia voters shattered the state’s midterm record for in-person early voting Thursday, another sign of intense interest in an election that will set the battleground state’s political trajectory.
    — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • An Associated Press reporter in the southern city of Aden witnessed explosions that shattered windows at the airport building and nearby homes after Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree urged everyone at the airport to evacuate.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
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
Verb
  • 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
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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Crawford retired after that victory — the best of his career — and Mbilli went from interim champion to full WBC champion.
    — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Alfie Rivera opened the Andersonville housewares shop in July with his husband, Tom Rzeszutek, and his mother, Barbie Daggett, who had recently retired and was eager to spend time with him.
    — Judy Sutton Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • One of Teghaza’s minerals had been altered on the inside while its outer part stayed pristine, the reverse of how weathering on Earth works.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Measure what got shipped, not how many hours a screen stayed unlocked or what the sheer activity is, which is based on keystrokes and mouse movements.
    — Adithyan RK, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • 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

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“Crashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crashed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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