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Noun crash has 5 senses

clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash - a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
--₁ is a kind of noise

Derived form: verb crash₂
crash, wreck - a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
--₂ is a kind of accident
--₂ has particulars: prang
Derived form: verb crash₃
crash, collapse - a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
--₃ is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event

Derived form: verb crash₁₀
crash, smash - the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"
--₄ is a kind of hit, hitting, striking
--₄ has particulars: impingement, impaction
Derived form: verb crash₃
crash - (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative; "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"
--₅ is a kind of mishap, misadventure, mischance
--₅ has particulars: head crash
Derived form: verb crash₁₁

Verb crash has 12 senses

crash - fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
--₁ is one way to descend, fall, go down, come down
Sample sentence:
The branches crash from the trees
crash - move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door"
--₂ is one way to move

Derived form: noun crash₁
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
crash, ram - undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"
--₃ is one way to collide, clash

Derived forms: noun crash₄, noun crash₂
Sample sentence:
These cars won't crash
crash - move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate"
--₄ is one way to pass, go through, go across
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
crash, break up, break apart - break violently or noisily; smash;
--₅ is one way to disintegrate
Sample sentence:
The glass tubes crash
crash - occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
--₆ is one way to occupy, reside, lodge in
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
barge in, crash, gate-crash - enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!"
--₇ is one way to intrude, irrupt

Derived form: noun crasher₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
crash - cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the car into the gate of the palace"
--₈ is one way to collide
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
crash, dash - hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
--₉ is one way to hurl, hurtle, cast
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
crash - undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"
--₁₀ is one way to change

Derived form: noun crash₃
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
crash, go down - stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
--₁₁ is one way to fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down

Derived form: noun crash₅
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
doss, doss down, crash - sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"
--₁₂ is one way to bed down, bunk down
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP