Definitions for crashes

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Spelling: [krash]

IPA: /kræʃ/

Crashes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 198 anagrams from letters in crashes (acehrss).

Definitions for crashes

noun

1. a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck:
2. a breaking or falling to pieces with loud noise:
3. a collision or crashing, as of automobiles, trains, etc.
4. the shock of collision and breaking.
5. a sudden and violent falling to ruin.
6. a sudden general collapse of a business enterprise, prosperity, the stock market, etc.:
7. Aeronautics. an act or instance of crashing.
8. Ecology. a sudden, rapid decline in the size of a population.
9. a plain-weave fabric of rough, irregular, or lumpy yarns, for toweling, dresses, etc.
10. Bookbinding. starched cotton fabric used to reinforce the spine of a bound book.

adjective

1. characterized by an intensive effort, especially to deal with an emergency, meet a deadline, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to break into pieces violently and noisily; shatter.
2. to force or drive with violence and noise (usually followed by in, through, out, etc.).
3. Aeronautics. to cause (an aircraft) to make a landing in an abnormal manner, usually damaging or wrecking the aircraft.
4. Informal. to gain admittance to, even though uninvited: to enter without a ticket, permission, etc.:

verb (used without object)

1. to make a loud, clattering noise, as of something dashed to pieces.
2. to break or fall to pieces with noise.
3. (of moving vehicles, objects, etc.) to collide, especially violently and noisily.
4. to move or go with a crash; strike with a crash.
5. Aeronautics. to land in an abnormal manner, usually causing severe damage:
6. to collapse or fail suddenly, as a financial enterprise:
7. Informal. to gain admittance to a party, performance, etc., without an invitation, ticket, or permission.
8. Slang. to sleep. to have a temporary place to sleep or live without payment: to fall asleep:
9. Slang. to experience unpleasant sensations, as sudden exhaustion or depression, when a drug, especially an amphetamine, wears off.
10. Medicine/Medical Slang. to suffer cardiac arrest.
11. Ecology. (of a population) to decline rapidly.
12. Computers. to shut down because of a malfunction of hardware or software.

Origin of crashes

1350-1400; 1920-25 def. 16; 1870-75 for def 22; Middle English crasche, blend of crase to break (see craze) and masche mash¹

Examples for crashes

The reply came with a soft distinctness that was like a crash of destiny.

This immediately raises the issue of who will lead the crash investigation.

There is the smell here of an indecent rush for scapegoats, even before we know what really caused this crash.

So I drove around the corner to the trailhead of the logging road that led back to the crash site.

It fell slowly, with a crash that was like a faint echo of the explosion.

To use the one rein meant a crash into the rail, and surely death.

Instead, the man and woman in the truck wanted to know where the crash site was and whether would I show them.

The sea is sleeping sapphire that wakes to cream and crash upon the beach.

It hung for a moment and then fell into the boat below with a crash.

These days weather should never cause a commercial airliner to crash.