Antonyms for crashed


Grammar : Verb
Spell : krash
Phonetic Transcription : kræʃ


Definition of crashed

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.
  • verb break into pieces
  • verb fall
Example sentences :
  • Terlake fell short, crashed in among the oars, and bounded off into the sea.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • In a fury he flung the glass from him, so that it crashed and splintered upon the floor.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • For we had crashed by so that the crazy cart must have thrilled in every stick of it.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • For had he crashed, or smashed that fragile tube, all would have been in vain.
  • Extract from : « Spawn of the Comet » by Harold Thompson Rich
  • He crashed against the wall and sank to the floor only half conscious.
  • Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • And it crashed and thundered awfully in the next few minutes.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • His fingers touched it as he crashed to the floor, and it fell near him.
  • Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks
  • He had crashed into an obstruction so transparent that he had not seen it.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The fowling-piece had escaped my grasp and crashed against the wall.
  • Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
  • I never heard of them here; they must have crashed into the sea or jungles.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various

Synonyms for crashed

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