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May 25, 2012
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Synonyms for crashing

Verb

1. crash, descend, fall, go down, come down
usage: fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
2. crash, move
usage: move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door"
3. crash, ram, collide, clash
usage: undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"
4. crash, pass, go through, go across
usage: move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate"
5. crash, break up, break apart, disintegrate
usage: break violently or noisily; smash;
6. crash, occupy, reside, lodge in
usage: occupy, usually uninvited; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
7. barge in, crash, gate-crash, intrude, irrupt
usage: enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!"
8. crash, collide
usage: cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the car into the gate of the palace"
9. crash, dash, hurl, hurtle, cast
usage: hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
10. crash, change
usage: undergo a sudden and severe downturn; "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"
11. crash, go down, fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
usage: stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
12. doss, doss down, crash, bed down, bunk down
usage: sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"

Adjective

1. bally(prenominal), blinking(prenominal), bloody(prenominal), blooming(prenominal), crashing(prenominal), flaming(prenominal), fucking(prenominal), unmitigated (vs. mitigated)
usage: (used of persons) informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"
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