crashes

Noun

crash (plural crashes)

1. A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
   • The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.
2. An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
   • She broke two bones in her body in a car crash.
3. A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
   • My computer had a crash so I had to reboot it.

   Synonyms:

   abend

4. A sudden large decline in the value of money, stocks or other assets, etc., especially one that causes additional economic difficulties.
   • the stock market crash

   Synonyms:

   meltdown

5. (informal) A comedown from a drug.
6. (collective) A group of rhinoceroses.
   • One of my favorites among the terms of groups of creatures is a crash of rhinoceros. I can imagine an African guide saying to his client, “Shoot, dammit, shoot! Here comes the whole bloody crash of rhinoceros!”
   • […] Personally, I think I’d just as soon come across a crash of rhinoceros as a knot of toad.p. 1991, Patrick F. McManus, “Nincompoopery and Other Group Terms”, in The Grasshopper Trap, Henry Holt and Company, page 103

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