crash

/kɹæʃ/noun

A sudden, loud, forceful noise, like the sound of cymbals or something breaking.

Example sentence

“We heard the crash of a plate hitting the kitchen floor.”

The finance and computing senses grew from the noise: markets crash, programs crash. To 'crash a party' is to arrive uninvited.

Related words

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