crashed

Verb

crash (third-person singular simple present crashes, present participle crashing, simple past and past participle crashed)

1. (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
   • When the car crashed into a house, the driver was heavily injured.
2. (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
   • I'm sorry for crashing the bike into a wall. I'll pay for repairs.
3. (transitive) To hit or strike with force.
   • Roy Hodgson's side were dominant and fully merited the lead given to them when Eric Dier crashed a 20-yard free-kick high past keeper Igor Akinfeev with 17 minutes left.2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport
4. To make a sudden loud noise.
   • Thunder crashed directly overhead.
5. (transitive) To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
   • Using the project plan, the team started to work out different scenarios to crash the schedule and bring the date to the regulatory deadline.2008, Rick A. Morris with Brette McWhorter Sember, Project management that works, page 109
6. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
   • Hey dude, can I crash at your pad?

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