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crashing

/ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/

Meanings
  • Verb

    The act of colliding or coming together forcibly.

    - "The cars crashed into each other at high speed."
    - "The waves were crashing against the shore."
  • A loud, sudden noise made by the impact of two objects.

    - "The sound of crashing glass shattered the silence."
    - "The orchestra played a crescendo of crashing symbols."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with crashing
mashing , flashing , splashing , dashing , trashing
Variants
List of all variants of crashing that leads to same result
crashing , crashingly , crash , crashed , crasher , crashers , crashes , a crashing halt , come crashing down , gate-crash , gate-crashed , gate-crasher , gate-crashers , gate-crashes , gate-crashing , crashing halt , screeching halt , screeching/crashing halt
Etymology
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Old English crasan, from cras, a crash, collision, noise.


Trivia
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  1. Crashing waves can reach heights of up to 100 feet (30 meters) during a storm.

  2. The largest recorded car crash involved over 1,000 vehicles and occurred in Russia in 2009.


Related Concepts
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  1. Accident: An unexpected event that causes damage or injury.

  2. Impact: The force or effect of something coming together with another thing.


Culture
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In literature, crashing is often used to describe a sudden and dramatic event, such as a car accident or a wave crashing against the shore. In music, it can refer to the sound of symbols crashing together.

How to Memorize "crashing"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine two objects colliding and the resulting noise and damage.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word with a loud, sudden noise or a collision.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the acronym C-R-A-S-H-I-N-G to remember the definition: Collision, Resulting, Affects, Sudden, Happens, Impact, Noise, and Generates.


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