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crash

/ˈkɹæʃ/ noun C2
  1. A type of rough linen. (uncountable)
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Go, my friend, reserve your strength for the moment when the crash shall come.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 850 · C1
Then the Lion put his strong front legs against the tree and pushed with all his might, and slowly the big tree tipped and fell with a crash across the ditch, with its top branches on the other side.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 41 · B2
The Tin Woodman began to use his axe at once, and, just as the two Kalidahs were nearly across, the tree fell with a crash into the gulf, carrying the ugly, snarling brutes with it, and both were dashed to pieces on the sharp rocks at the bottom.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 42 · B2
The assistant had left the front shop for an instant, when he heard a crash, and hurrying in he found a plaster bust of Napoleon, which stood with several other works of art upon the counter, lying shivered into fragments.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 69 · C1

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