crash
/ˈkɹæʃ/ noun B1- A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals. · The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.· After the lightning came the crash of thunder.
- An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident. · She broke two bones in her body in a car crash.· Nobody survived the plane crash.
- A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable. · My computer had a crash so I had to reboot it.
- A sudden large decline in the value of money, stocks or other assets, etc., especially one that causes additional economic difficulties. · the stock market crash
- A comedown from a drug.
- A group of rhinoceroses.
- A sudden decline in any living form's population levels, often leading to extinction.
- tarlatan, mull.
Plural crashes
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She did not get hold of anything, but she heard a little shriek and a fall, and a crash of broken glass, from which she concluded that it was just possible it had fallen into a cucumber-frame, or something of the sort.
Heads below!” (a loud crash)—“Now, who did that?—It was Bill, I fancy—Who’s to go down the chimney?—Nay, _I_ shan’t!
First, because I’m on the same side of the door as you are; secondly, because they’re making such a noise inside, no one could possibly hear you.” And certainly there _was_ a most extraordinary noise going on within—a constant howling and sneezing, and every now and then a great crash, as if a dish or kettle had been broken to pieces.
A crash and a splash told Mowgli that Bagheera had fought his way to the tank where the monkeys could not follow.
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