crash

/kræʃ/ noun [C]

Definition

VEHICLE › an accident in which a vehicle hits something: a car/plane crash

NOISE › a sudden, loud noise made when something falls or breaks: I heard a crash and hurried into the kitchen.

COMPUTER › when a computer or computer system suddenly stops working

BUSINESS › when the value of a country's businesses suddenly falls by a large amount: He lost a lot of money in the stock market crash of 1929.

(Definition of crash noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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