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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
Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Nine days before Sunday’s crash, Vonn ruptured the ACL in her left knee in another crash.
—Andrew Dampf, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 Feb. 2026
The driver, identified only as an older woman, first hit a bicyclist, then continued for about a block before crashing into the grocery store, trapping multiple people beneath her car, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
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Noun
His career was further interrupted in 1979 when he was severely injured in a car crash on the Hollywood Freeway, suffering fractures and serious facial injuries that required multiple plastic surgeries.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Nine days before Sunday’s crash, Vonn ruptured the ACL in her left knee in another crash.
—Andrew Dampf, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
Given geopolitical turmoil and plenty of economic uncertainty, crypto’s price should’ve instead skyrocketed — yet precious metals, most notably gold, have fared well while Bitcoin has crashed.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 Feb. 2026
The driver, identified only as an older woman, first hit a bicyclist, then continued for about a block before crashing into the grocery store, trapping multiple people beneath her car, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crash
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The logic behind this is that supermassive black hole binaries, which spiral together to lead to collisions and mergers, emit gravitational waves of increasing frequency as their orbits shrink, creating a background hum of gravitational waves.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Working out the math for the collision of, say, two five-solar-mass black holes, the amount of energy blasted out in less than a second by such a merger would be roughly the same as the sun will emit in seven trillion years.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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Yamil Lage | Afp | Getty Images Cuba’s communist-run government is facing its biggest test since the collapse of the Soviet Union.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026
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The stars eventually go supernova, and their respective cores collapse to form black holes containing as much as 100 times the mass of the sun.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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The sobering assessment stood in stark contrast to a year of headlines celebrating China’s AI boom.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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More broadly, the ongoing AI boom will also continue to boost Texas companies’ productivity, the Dallas Fed projected, while the state — and particularly North Texas — will also see a notable economic lift from the upcoming World Cup.—
Trevor Bach,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Due to a lightweight insole, grippy outsole, shock-absorbing heel, and secure lace-up closure, that was made possible.—
Ruby McAuliffe,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
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His rapid success is hardly a shock to coach Tai Streets.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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The cars, about 20 of them, had their windows smashed and looked as though they were made in the 1940s or 1950s.—
Kathleen Hill,
The Providence Journal,
7 Feb. 2026
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The bike then smashes into a metal barricade before coming to rest against a parked car.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Since each comic scheduled for the night was allocated 10 minutes, Montoya decided to bump a performer and split the four drop-ins into five minutes each — two early on, and the last two at the end of the night.—
Anthony Solorzano,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Some items now available at the fest, which began Jan 30, will go away at a predetermined (and published) date, replaced by other items that will, in turn, be bumped for a third option.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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Brad Arnold, the 47-year-old cofounder and lead singer of the Mississippi rock band 3 Doors Down, died Saturday, nine months after revealing a diagnosis of kidney cancer.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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The company's founder and namesake, Walt Disney, had died in December 1966, but his presence still loomed large over a studio that was seemingly second-guessing its every move.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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The decisions centered around the dates for quarterfinal and semifinal games, as well as the move to push the championship game back to even further in January has drawn some backlash.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Its forecast for profit in the current quarter fell short of analysts' expectations as an industrywide shortage of memory pushes some handset makers to cut back on orders.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Crash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crash. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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