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crash

verb [I or T] (HAVE AN ACCIDENT)
 
 
/kræʃ/

Definition

B1 to have an accident, especially one that damages a vehicle: We skidded on the ice and crashed. The plane crashed into a mountainside. Her brother borrowed her motorbike and crashed it.Accidents involving vehiclesHitting against objects accidentally and colliding
(Definition of crash verb (HAVE AN ACCIDENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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