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noun • a sudden and violent collapse • flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer • a sound defeat | ||||||||
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noun • a loud resonant repeating noise • a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles) • a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) • the act of colliding with something • (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative verb • fall or come down violently • move with, or as if with, a crashing noise • undergo damage or destruction on impact • move violently as through a barrier • break violently or noisily; smash • occupy, usually uninvited • make a sudden loud sound • enter uninvited; informal • cause to crash • hurl or thrust violently • undergo a sudden and severe downturn • stop operating • sleep in a convenient place | ||||||||
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