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noun
accident:
The crash destroyed the auto.
verb
bumped:
We crashed into each other.
Simple Definitions
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crash out
informal LOSE
2. UK to lose in a sports competition when you were expected to win
• He crashed out of the French Open in the second round., crash out
informal SLEEP
1. to go to sleep very quickly because you are very tired
• I just want to go home and crash out.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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crash
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + crash
a car/train/plane etc crash
• He was badly hurt in a car crash.
a road/rail/air crash
• There will be an investigation into the cause of the air crash.
a head-on crash
(= in which the front part of two vehicles hit each other )
• He died in a head-on crash with a lorry.
a fatal crash
(= in which someone is killed )
• There have been several fatal crashes on this road.
a high-speed crash
• the risk of injury from a high-speed crash
a horrific/terrible/appalling crash
• a horrific crash in which three teenage boys were killed
verbs
have a crash
( also be involved in a crash ) (= in a car )
• I’ve been nervous about driving since I had a crash last year.
a crash happens/occurs
• The three-vehicle crash happened on the corner of Ongar Road.
a crash involves something
• Two women were taken to hospital after a crash involving a bus and a car.
crash + NOUN
a crash victim
(= someone injured or killed in a crash )
• Families of the crash victims want to know what happened.
a crash site/scene
(= place where a crash happens )
• The authorities closed off a five-mile area around the crash site.
a crash investigator
(= someone who tries to find the cause of a crash )
• Crash investigators spent several days examining the scene.
transnet.ir
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noun sudden loud noise ADJ. almighty, deafening, great, loud, thunderous | distant | sickening, terrible There was a sickening crash as her head hit the ground. VERB + CRASH hear PREP. with a ~ The plates fell to the floor with an almighty crash. | ~ of a distant crash of thunder PHRASES a crash of thunder, the crash of the waves car/plane, etc. accident ADJ. horrific, major, serious a major air crash | fatal | head-on | high-speed | car, coach, helicopter, plane, train | air, motorway, rail, road VERB + CRASH cause CRASH + VERB happen, occur | involve sth a crash involving two cars and a lorry | kill sb | claim sth The crash claimed three lives. CRASH + NOUN victim | site | landing | barrier PREP. in a/the ~ He was killed in a train crash. business failure ADJ. financial | bank, property, stock market the stock market crash of 1987 PREP. ~ in a crash in share prices
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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crash
verb [ intransitive and transitive ] to hit another vehicle, a tree, the ground etc, with a lot of force, causing a lot of damage:
• The plane crashed a kilometre from the runway. • He was scared I’d crash his car. • The car crashed into a tree.
hit
verb [ transitive ] to move into something quickly and with force:
• He wasn’t paying attention, and almost hit another car. • The car hit a lamppost.
collide
verb [ intransitive ] if two cars, trains, planes etc collide, they hit each other, especially when they are moving in opposite directions:
• The two planes collided in mid-air. • An express train collided with a freight train in the morning rush hour.
run into something
phrasal verb [ transitive ] to hit a vehicle or object that is directly in front of you, especially because you are not paying attention:
• He ran into the car in front while he was talking on his mobile phone.
smash into something
phrasal verb [ transitive ] to crash into something, causing a great amount of damage:
• An army helicopter smashed into the side of the mountain.
plough into
British English , plow into American English phrasal verb [ transitive ] to crash into something with a lot of force, especially when your vehicle continues moving afterwards:
• The bus went out of control and ploughed into a line of traffic.
ram
verb [ transitive ] to deliberately hit another boat or vehicle very hard, especially when it is not moving:
• The ship had been rammed by a submarine. • The gunmen tried to ram the police car.
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