1
as in collisions
the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact
the fiery crash of two jumbo jet airplanes in midair
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2
as in collapses
a falling short of one's goals
refused to be discouraged by the crash of her hairdressing business
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as in booms
a loud explosive sound
the crash of cymbals
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as in impacts
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 smashes
to cause to break with violence and much noise
crashed the vase against the wall
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as in bumps
to come into usually forceful contact with something
the speeding car crashed into the tree with horrifying results
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as in dies
to stop functioning
my computer crashed yet again
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as in falls
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 retires
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 stays
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 crashes
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
Headlights of a wrong-way driver in Boston who police say caused two crashes and killed one person.
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Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Waymo experienced 93% fewer injury-causing crashes involving pedestrians, 84% fewer involving cyclists, and 84% fewer involving motorcyclists.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
Bitcoin has become notorious over the years for its dramatic bear market crashes, which has taken it down at least 70% from its peak in every cycle.
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Tanaya MacHeel,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
The Army lost 31 soldiers in training accidents in 2025, with fatalities split between aircraft crashes and ground incidents, Army figures show.
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ABC News,
26 June 2026
Incidents such as crashes are considered sensitive by Chinese authorities.
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Simina Mistreanu,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
The concept was also connected to my fascination with investigations, especially documentary series focused on airplane crashes and aviation mysteries.
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Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
21 June 2026
In fact, e-bike and scooter crashes are now one of the leading causes of emergency room visits, including two people dying in late May in a collision on the Queensboro Bridge.
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Bradley Tusk,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
The theory is that once a critical part fails, the drone crashes.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
When the team crashes, the leader was steering.
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Skydiving plane crashes on takeoff On Tuesday, officials released the names of the 12 people who died when their Pacific Aerospace P750 skydiving plane crashed into the ground next to a highway in Butler, Missouri.
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Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Hello and welcome to Regulator, an email for Verge subscribers about technology, politics, and what happens when science crashes headlong into self-interest.
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Tina Nguyen,
The Verge,
17 June 2026
Life crashes to the mat for them and a fearless journalist named Navin (Joe Taslim) when Rainy and Navin’s journalist wife Matia (Jeeja Yanin) are kidnapped.
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
Pitt plays James Belmont, a former Army Special Forces soldier who must find a way to return to civilization after his small plane crashes deep in the Alaskan wilderness.
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Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
11 June 2026
Transportation experts and former FMCSA officials said bus companies can voluntarily inform the agency that crashes under other names belong to them.
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Willoughby Mariano,
ProPublica,
8 June 2026
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Each year, car crashes in town are attributed to overgrown shrubs and bushes, alongside street corners and intersections, according to West Hartford town officials.
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Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
Headlights of a wrong-way driver in Boston who police say caused two crashes and killed one person.
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Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Waymo experienced 93% fewer injury-causing crashes involving pedestrians, 84% fewer involving cyclists, and 84% fewer involving motorcyclists.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
Bitcoin has become notorious over the years for its dramatic bear market crashes, which has taken it down at least 70% from its peak in every cycle.
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Tanaya MacHeel,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
The Army lost 31 soldiers in training accidents in 2025, with fatalities split between aircraft crashes and ground incidents, Army figures show.
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ABC News,
26 June 2026
Incidents such as crashes are considered sensitive by Chinese authorities.
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Simina Mistreanu,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
The concept was also connected to my fascination with investigations, especially documentary series focused on airplane crashes and aviation mysteries.
—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
21 June 2026
In fact, e-bike and scooter crashes are now one of the leading causes of emergency room visits, including two people dying in late May in a collision on the Queensboro Bridge.
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Bradley Tusk,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
Verb
Yeah, right after a guy crashes through the roof is the perfect time to step out for a cigarette.
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Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
The theory is that once a critical part fails, the drone crashes.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
When the team crashes, the leader was steering.
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Skydiving plane crashes on takeoff On Tuesday, officials released the names of the 12 people who died when their Pacific Aerospace P750 skydiving plane crashed into the ground next to a highway in Butler, Missouri.
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Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Hello and welcome to Regulator, an email for Verge subscribers about technology, politics, and what happens when science crashes headlong into self-interest.
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Tina Nguyen,
The Verge,
17 June 2026
Life crashes to the mat for them and a fearless journalist named Navin (Joe Taslim) when Rainy and Navin’s journalist wife Matia (Jeeja Yanin) are kidnapped.
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
Pitt plays James Belmont, a former Army Special Forces soldier who must find a way to return to civilization after his small plane crashes deep in the Alaskan wilderness.
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Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
11 June 2026
Transportation experts and former FMCSA officials said bus companies can voluntarily inform the agency that crashes under other names belong to them.
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Willoughby Mariano,
ProPublica,
8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crashes
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Last year, the city had 24 traffic collisions involving e-bikes, Cullen said.
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That brutal, driving style requires her to initiate intense physical collisions on nearly every single possession.
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Building collapses are common in Pakistan, where construction standards are often poorly enforced.
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First responders handled two rescues in 24 hours after workers were trapped in separate construction trench collapses in Oakland County, Michigan.
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San Francisco real estate agent Butch Haze of Compass has seen tech booms followed by ravenous bursts of homebuying since the first internet gold rush of the late 1990s.
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Not everyone wants to spend the Fourth dodging booms.
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Dybantsa was in a heated race against Darryn Peterson and Cameron Boozer to be the top pick as all three are projected to make immediate impacts at the professional level.
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Scientists warn that climate change is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of heat and dryness, especially in southeastern Europe, making the region more vulnerable to health impacts and wildfires.
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Moving fusion energy closer to reality Fusion smashes light atomic nuclei together to release energy, mirroring the process that powers the sun.
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Here in Fort America, the walls creak, then something smashes onto the roof.
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Did join Kylian Mbappe and Ferenc Puskas as one of only three players to score a European Cup knockout-phase brace against Barcelona at Camp Nou, which bumps him up the list a bit.
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The department bumps the call to a higher-priority response (Priority 1) due to the potential for violence.
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Ramsay, a mother of four, including Dylan, has become someone grieving families often call when their child dies in the water.
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In some, a personal account is frozen the moment its holder dies and is not released without the consent of every heir and a matching court process.
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Meta announced its new set of smart glasses priced at $299, undercutting some of its earlier models as the company pushes to bring wearables to a broader audience.
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When an agent moves money inside a payments platform, alters a record in a hospital network or pushes code into production, the damage is harder to contain.
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“Crashes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crashes. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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