- crash
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 sudden loud noiseADJECTIVE▪ almighty, deafening, great, huge, loud, resounding, thunderous▪ sickening, terrible▪
There was a sickening crash as her head hit the ground.
VERB + CRASH▪ hear▪ make▪The bike hit the street and made a loud crash.
CRASH + VERB▪ come from▪A loud crash came from the kitchen.
PREPOSITION▪ with a crash▪The plates fell to the floor with an almighty crash.
▪ crash of▪a distant crash of thunder
▪the crash of the waves
2 accident involving a car, plane, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ horrific, major, serious (esp. BrE)▪a major air crash
▪ fatal▪ head-on▪ high-speed▪ airplane (AmE), automobile (AmE), bus, car, coach (BrE), helicopter, plane, train▪ air, highway (in the US), motorway (in the UK), rail, road▪ alcohol-related▪ spectacular▪He had survived a spectacular crash in a truck race.
▪ fiery (AmE)▪a fiery crash which killed the pilot
VERB + CRASH▪ cause▪ have▪In thirty years of driving she had never had a crash.
▪ survive▪He had survived a plane crash.
▪ avoid, prevent▪She swerved to avoid a crash.
CRASH + VERB▪ happen, occur▪ involve sth▪a crash involving two cars and a bus
▪ kill sb▪ claim sth▪The crash claimed three lives.
CRASH + NOUN▪ victim▪ site▪ landing▪ barrier (BrE)PREPOSITION▪ in a/the crash▪He was killed in a train crash.
3 business failureADJECTIVE▪ financial▪ bank, dotcom, property (BrE), stock-market▪the stock-market crash of 1987
PREPOSITION▪ crash in▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}a crash in share prices
verbCrash is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑aircraft, ↑bank, ↑car, ↑computer, ↑cymbal, ↑helicopter, ↑jet, ↑market, ↑pilot, ↑plane, ↑program, ↑shell, ↑surf, ↑system, ↑thunder, ↑train, ↑vehicle, ↑wave{{Roman}}III.{{/Roman}}adj.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
