- (North American English also wreck)an accident in which a vehicle hits something, for example another vehicle, usually causing damage and often injuring or killing the passengers
- a car/plane crash
- A man has been arrested in connection with a fatal crash on the M4 motorway.
- It is not clear what caused the crash.
- in a crash A girl was killed yesterday in a crash involving a stolen car.
- 34 people died in the train crash.
- There were no other vehicles involved in the crash.
- Mechanical failures were to blame for the crash of the helicopter.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryb2- She had survived a plane crash.
- He had survived a spectacular crash in a truck race.
- She was killed in a train crash.
- In thirty years of driving he had never had a crash.
- She swerved to avoid a crash.
- The crash claimed three lives.
- a crash involving two cars and a bus
- a fiery crash which killed the pilot
- a major air crash
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- horrific
- major
- serious
- …
- cause
- have
- survive
- …
- happen
- occur
- involve something
- …
- victim
- site
- landing
- …
- in a/the crash
- [usually singular] a sudden loud noise made, for example, by something falling or breaking
- The tree fell with a great crash.
- The first distant crash of thunder shook the air.
- She heard the crash of shattering glass as the vehicles collided.
Extra Examples- The bike hit the street and made a loud crash.
- The plates fell to the floor with an almighty crash.
- There was a sickening crash as his head hit the ground.
- the crash of the waves
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- almighty
- deafening
- great
- …
- hear
- make
- come from
- with a crash
- crash of
- a sudden serious fall in the price or value of something; the occasion when a business, etc. fails synonym collapse
- Some economists have been predicting another crash for years.
- the 2008 stock market crash
- crash of… the crash of 2008
- crash in something a crash in share prices
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- financial
- bank
- dotcom
- …
- crash in
- a sudden failure of a machine or system, especially of a computer or computer system
- Users won't lose important data if a hardware problem causes a crash.
- a computer crash
- A systems crash in the morning and a bomb scare in the afternoon provided enough excitement for one day.
vehicle accident
loud noise
in finance/business
computing
Word Originlate Middle English: imitative, perhaps partly suggested by craze and dash.
Collocations DrivingDrivingHaving a car
See crash in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee crash in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English- have/own/(British English) run a car
- ride a motorcycle/motorbike
- drive/prefer/use an automatic/a manual/(North American English, informal) a stick shift
- have/get your car serviced/fixed/repaired
- buy/sell a used car/(especially British English) a second-hand car
- take/pass/fail a (British English) driving test/(both North American English) driver’s test/road test
- get/obtain/have/lose/carry a/your (British English) driving licence/(North American English) driver’s license
- put on/fasten/(North American English) buckle/wear/undo your seat belt/safety belt
- put/turn/leave the key in the ignition
- start the car/engine
- (British English) change/(North American English) shift/put something into gear
- press/put your foot on the brake pedal/clutch/accelerator
- release the clutch/(especially British English) the handbrake/(both North American English) the emergency brake/the parking brake
- drive/park/reverse the car
- (British English) indicate left/right
- (especially North American English) signal that you are turning left/right
- take/miss (British English) the turning/(especially North American English) the turn
- apply/hit/slam on the brake(s)
- beep/honk/(especially British English) toot/(British English) sound your horn
- a car skids/crashes (into something)/collides (with something)
- swerve to avoid an oncoming car/a pedestrian
- crash/lose control of the car
- have/be in/be killed in/survive a car crash/a car accident/(North American English) a car wreck/a hit-and-run
- be run over/knocked down by a car/bus/truck
- dent/hit (British English) the bonnet/(North American English) the hood
- break/crack/shatter (British English) the windscreen/(North American English) the windshield
- blow/(especially British English) burst/puncture (British English) a tyre/(North American English) a tire
- get/have (British English) a flat tyre/a flat tire/a puncture
- inflate/change/fit/replace/check a tyre/tire
- be caught in/get stuck in/sit in a traffic jam
- cause congestion/tailbacks/traffic jams/gridlock
- experience/face lengthy delays
- beat/avoid the traffic/the rush hour
- break/observe/(North American English) drive the speed limit
- be caught on (British English) a speed camera
- stop somebody for/pull somebody over for/(British English, informal) be done for speeding
- (both informal) run/(British English) jump a red light/the lights
- be arrested for/charged with (British English) drink-driving/(both US English) driving under the influence (DUI)/driving while intoxicated (DWI)
- be banned/(British English) disqualified from driving
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