What does crash mean?

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[n] a loud resonant repeating noise(he could hear the clang of distant bells)[v] fall or come down violently(The branch crashed down on my car The plane crashed in the sea)[n] a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)(they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plan

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crash - The Free Dictionary

[n] a loud resonant repeating noise
(he could hear the clang of distant bells)

[v] fall or come down violently
(The branch crashed down on my car The plane crashed in the sea)

[n] a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)
(they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane)

[v] move with, or as if with, a crashing noise
(The car crashed through the glass door)

[n] a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

[v] undergo damage or destruction on impact
(the plane crashed into the ocean The car crashed into the lamp post)

[n] the act of colliding with something
(his crash through the window the fullback's smash into the defensive line)

[v] move violently as through a barrier
(The terrorists crashed the gate)

[n] (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative
(the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since)

[v] break violently or noisily; smash

[v] occupy, usually uninvited
(My son's friends crashed our house last weekend)

[v] make a sudden loud sound
(the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night)

[v] enter uninvited; informal
(let's crash the party!)

[v] cause to crash
(The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost)

[v] hurl or thrust violently
(He dashed the plate against the wall Waves were dashing against the rock)

[v] undergo a sudden and severe downturn
(the economy crashed will the stock market crash again?)

[v] stop operating
(My computer crashed last night The system goes down at least once a week)

[v] sleep in a convenient place
(You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable)

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