Meaning of crash | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Peramelidae – an extinct bandicoot, known from a single fossilized mandible of the Middle Miocene epoch (15 mya) at the Riversleigh World Heritage Area
3. A type of rough linen.
   uncountable
4. fall (act of falling)
5. An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
6. crash (of a computer)
7. A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
8. downfall
9. A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures).
10. feminine singular of caído
11. A comedown from a drug.
    informal
12. A group of rhinoceroses.
    collective
13. A sudden decline in any living form's population levels, often leading to extinction.

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Examples

“The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.”

“After the lightning came the crash of thunder.”

“She broke two bones in her body in a car crash.”

“Nobody survived the plane crash.”

“My computer had a crash so I had to reboot it.”

“the stock market crash”

“One of my favorites among the terms of groups of creatures is a crash of rhinoceros. I can imagine an African guide saying to his client, “Shoot, dammit, shoot! Here comes the whole bloody crash of rhinoceros!” […] Personally, I think I’d just as soon come across a crash of rhinoceros as a knot of toad.”

“The largest group of black rhinos reported was made up of 13 individuals. A group of rhinos is called a crash.”

“Out in the water a crash of rhinoceros-like animals browse belly deep through a bed of aquatic plants.”

“The crash of rhinoceros at Tsavo now numbers almost 200.”

“The yearly allowance of clothing on this plantation, consisted of two tow-linen shirts—such linen as the coarsest crash towels are made of[…]”

“Unlocking the door of her bath-room she went inside, and soon emerged, bringing a rug, which she spread upon the floor of the gallery, and two huge hair pillows covered with crash, which she placed against the front of the building.”

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