Words / A2

KRASH/kræʃ/

Crash means hit something hard, especially a vehicle: the car crashed, a crash on the motorway (noun), crash into a wall. Smash is break with force; collide is more formal. Computers crash when they stop working suddenly. Crush is press until something is destroyed — different vowel. A crash is the accident; crash is also the verb.

Meaning

To hit something hard, especially a vehicle, or to fail suddenly.

Examples

• “The car crashed into a tree in the storm.”
• “A lorry crashed on the icy road.”
• “My laptop crashed before I saved the homework.”

Good to know

crash into + place. Noun: a crash. Computer: crash (stop working). Mix-up: crush.

New