/kræʃ/

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Meaning

An accident in which a car, a train, or a plane hits something hard.

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Word origin

A Middle English word that copies the sound of something breaking.

Origin
Middle English
Root
crasschen

Grammar

Gender
Pluralcrashes

Examples

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"Crash" is an accident where something hits hard.

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"Crash" is also the loud noise a falling thing makes.

crashed .

"Crash" is also a verb, and "crashed" is its past form.

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This word is taught in chapter 13, lesson 8: crash, folk, driver and 6 more words.