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crashing

/ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/ adjective B1
  1. Severe; drastic.
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Then she swayed, lost her balance, stumbled, staggered, and fell, sliding down over the sun-baked roof and crashing off it through the tangle of Virginia creeper beneath--all before the dismayed circle below could give a simultaneous, terrified shriek.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 175 · C1
So, bounding and crashing and whooping and yelling, the whole tribe of Bandar-log swept along the tree-roads with Mowgli their prisoner.
The Jungle Book, p. 39 · B2
Or had some sudden blow from her hand dashed the support away and sent the slab crashing down into its place?
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 25 · B2

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