klæŋ ˈklæŋəɹ klæŋk klaʃ klæʃ kəˈlæps dæʃ dɒs

smæʃ ˈɹɛk sleep in a convenient place You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable the act of colliding with something his crash through the window the fullback's smash into the defensive line stop operating My computer crashed last night The system goes down at least once a week undergo a sudden and severe downturn the economy crashed will the stock market crash again? hurl or thrust violently He dashed the plate against the wall Waves were dashing against the rock undergo damage or destruction on impact the plane crashed into the ocean The car crashed into the lamp post break violently or noisily; smash cause to crash The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost fall or come down violently The branch crashed down on my car The plane crashed in the sea enter uninvited; informal let's crash the party! move violently as through a barrier The terrorists crashed the gate move with, or as if with, a crashing noise The car crashed through the glass door make a sudden loud sound the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night occupy, usually uninvited My son's friends crashed our house last weekend a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles) they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane a loud resonant repeating noise he could hear the clang of distant bells a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since