| verb | fall or come down violently “The branch crashed down on my car” |
| verb | move with, or as if with, a crashing noise “The car crashed through the glass door” |
| verb | undergo damage or destruction on impact “the plane crashed into the ocean” |
| verb | move violently as through a barrier “The terrorists crashed the gate” |
| verb | break violently or noisily; smash |
| verb | occupy, usually uninvited “My son's friends crashed our house last weekend” |
| verb | make a sudden loud sound “the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night” |
| verb | enter uninvited; informal “let's crash the party!” |
| verb | cause to crash “The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace” |
| verb | hurl or thrust violently “He dashed the plate against the wall” |
| verb | undergo a sudden and severe downturn “the economy crashed” |
| verb | stop operating “My computer crashed last night” |
| verb | sleep in a convenient place “You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable” |
| adjective | informal intensifiers “what a bally (or blinking) nuisance” |
| crash | noun | a loud resonant repeating noise |
| crasher | noun | someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying |
| dosser | noun | someone who sleeps in any convenient place |