Collocations for "crash"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "crash" in context.
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crash
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- was in a [car, bus, plane, bike] crash
- a crash involving [several vehicles, a car and a truck]
- had a crash on his [bike, motorbike, motorcycle]
- had a crash in his car
- a (near) fatal crash
- was injured in a crash
- died in the crash
- [saw, witnessed, survived] the crash
- a crash that [killed, injured] [hundreds]
- a crash that left [hundreds] [dead, injured]
- the crash caused severe [traffic, delays, backups]
- the crash of [Voyager, the Titanic]
- [was, heard] a crash of thunder
- a computer crash (on startup)
- the stock market crash
- the Wall Street Crash
- the crash of [1929]
- lost [fortunes, millions] during the crash
- [take, enroll in] a crash course [in, on]
- (forced to) make a crash landing
- go on a crash diet
- went through the crash barrier
'crash' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aircraft
- awful
- backbone
- bad
- bicycle
- blackout
- bleed
- bone
- casualty
- chopper
- concussion
- consequence
- couch
- crashed
- crippled
- damage
- dampen
- defect
- die
- disability
- disable
- distort
- dummy
- extract
- fiery
- hideous
- highway
- hurt
- injure
- injury
- land
- likelihood
- limb
- limp
- loft
- loud
- multiple
- nasty
- near
- nearly
- plane
- rattle
- recording
- recover
- rescue
- rider
- riding
- runway
- scar
- scarcely