crash*/

[kræʃ] verb I

1) [I/T] to hit something hard and make a loud noise

A ball came crashing through the window.[/ex]

The waves crashed against the rocks.[/ex]

2) [I/T] if a vehicle crashes, or if someone crashes it, it hits something

Three people were killed when their car crashed into a tree.[/ex]

3) [I/T] if a plane crashes, or if someone crashes it, it falls from the sky

4) [I] to make a sudden loud noise, as if something is being hit

5) [I] if the STOCK MARKET crashes, its value falls suddenly

6) [I] if a computer or a computer program crashes, it suddenly stops working

II

noun [C]

crash */[kræʃ]

1) an accident that happens when a vehicle hits something

He was seriously injured in a car crash.[/ex]

It was the worst train crash in thirty years.[/ex]

2) a loud noise like the sound of things hitting each other and breaking

3) a sudden fall in prices or in the value of the STOCK MARKET

4) an occasion when a computer or a computer program suddenly stops working