Antonyms for crashing

Grammar : Adj

Spell : krash-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkræʃ ɪŋ

Definition of crashing

Origin : c.1400, crasschen "break in pieces;" with no identifiable ancestors or relatives it probably is imitative. Computing sense is 1973, which makes it one of the earliest computer jargon words. Meaning "break into a party, etc." is 1922. Slang meaning "to sleep" dates from 1943; especially from 1965. Related: Crashed; crashing.

adj absolute
adj superlative

Example sentences :

He it is, too, that leaps from cloud to cloud amid the crashing thunder-storm.
Extract from : « Fire Worship (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Rain fell in torrents; the crashing thunder was like the roar of artillery.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

The shells from the French artillery on the Roman Road are crashing into the wood.
Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

Shrieking and crashing, the vulture-forces of destruction sweep upon it.
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

It had taken this news from the harbor to bring him tottering, crashing down.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

They heard only a crashing of boughs, the parting of the hedge.
Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Ah, what a death to die, amid the crashing ruins of a sinking world!
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

The snapping of a twig sounded like the crashing ruin of a forest giant.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

From the top of the bluff came a crashing and a series of yelps.
Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln

He flung him off, and sent him crashing into the rosebush and the lattice over which it rambled.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

Synonyms for crashing

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