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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