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Meaning
Noun
●
A
sudden
,
intense
,
loud
sound
, as
made for
example
by cymbals.
●
An
automobile
,
airplane
, or other
vehicle
accident.
●
In Computing:
A
malfunction
of
computer
software
or
hardware
which
causes
it to
shut down
or become
partially
or
totally
inoperable.
●
In Finance:
A
sudden
large
decline
of business or the
prices
of
stocks
(especially one that
causes
additional
failures).
●
A
comedown
from a drug.
●
A group of rhinoceroses.
●
In Ecology:
A
sudden
decline
in any
living
form's
population
levels, often
leading
to extinction.
●
In Textiles:
A type of
rough
linen.
Adj
●
Quick,
fast
,
intensive
, impromptu.
Verb
●
To
collide
with something
destructively
,
fall
or
come down
violently.
●
To cause
something to
collide
with
something else
, especially when this results in damage.
●
To
hit
or
strike
with force
●
To make a
sudden
loud
noise.
●
Short for gatecrash.
●
In Management:
To
accelerate
a project or a
task
or its
schedule
by
devoting
more resources to it.
●
To make or experience
informal
temporary
living
arrangements
, especially overnight.
●
To give, as a favor.
●
To
lie down
for a long
rest
,
sleep
or
nap
, as from
tiredness
or exhaustion.
●
To experience a
period
of
depression
and/or
lethargy
after a
period
of
euphoria
, as after the
euphoric
effect of a
psychotropic
drug
has dissipated.
●
In Computing & Software:
To
terminate
or
halt
execution
due to an exception.
●
In Computing & Software:
To cause an exception that
terminates
or
halts
execution.
●
To take a
sudden
and
severe
turn
for the worse
; to
rapidly
and
catastrophically
deteriorate.
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Wiktionary
Origin
crash
English
crasschen
Middle English (1100-1500)
крашенина
Russian
Sourced from
Etym
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Rhymes
Ash
Ash
Rash
Bash
Gash
Sash
Hash
Cash
Fash
Cash
Mash
Pash
Dash
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Lash
Mash
Bash
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Gnash
Flash
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Slash
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Brash
Shash
Unlash
Lagash
Bedash
Rehash
Calash
Apache
Thrash
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Potash
Encash
Splash
Shamash
Midrash
Chumash
Ganache
Panache
Quamash
Eyelash
Goulash
Taplash
Soutache
Rondache
Outflash
Mustache
Stramash
Malagash
Squabash
Ragabash
Whiplash
Slapdash
Calipash
Overrash
Mishmash
Pearlash
Overlash
Shammash
Backlash
Undersash
Newsflash
Callipash
Whitelash
Gatecrash
Succotash
Ragabrash
Backslash
Haberdash
Moustache
Backsplash
Balderdash
Stonebrash
Tongue-Lash
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