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crash

[krash] / kræʃ /
NOUN
bang; banging sound
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blast clash
STRONG
boom burst clang clap clatter clattering crack din peal racket slam smash smashing sound thunder thunderclap wham
NOUN
collision, act of crashing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accident collapse impact pileup wreck
STRONG
bump crack-up crash-land crunch jar jolt percussion ram shock sideswipe smash splashdown thud thump total washout
WEAK
fender bender fender tag rear-ender smash-up stack up
Antonyms
WEAK
blastoff takeoff
NOUN
computer system failure
Synonyms
WEAK
abend head crash program crash program error program failure system crash system error
VERB
break into pieces
Synonyms
STRONGEST
smash
STRONG
crunch dash disintegrate fracture fragment shatter shiver sideswipe splinter total
WEAK
bang into crack up pile up smash up wrack up
Antonyms
STRONG
combine fix mend
VERB
fall
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bump collapse collide ditch dive drop hurtle meet overturn plunge slip smash topple tumble
STRONG
lurch overbalance pancake pitch prang sprawl upset washout
WEAK
bite the dust crash-land drive into fall flat fall headlong fall prostrate give way go in plough into splash down
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ascend rise

Example Sentences

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Comedian Eugene Mirman, the voice of Gene on ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ was pulled from a fiery car crash and taken to a hospital with serious injuries.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Eugene Mirman appears to be in good spirits after being injured in a fiery car crash.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Walking back toward the crash with an officer, Woods said he was “just talking to the president.”

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2026

In the weeks after the crash, her grieving father Dimitris told the BBC he would always be proud of his daughter who "only had love to give".

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

After a few warmer days, on March 29 it turned so cold that around midnight an ice wedge stopped the constant crash of New York’s Niagara Falls.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.