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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The sound or action of something that crashes.

   "the ceaseless crashings of waves on the beach"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of crash form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   Severe; drastic.

   "Advances were brought to crashing halts, and whole areas became impassable."

Adjective

1. 1
   informal intensifiers wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

ballybangingblastingblinkingblinkingbloody

Example

More examples

"State police spokeswoman Janet Welp says the truck wound up crashing into a bridge railing along Interstate 30."

Related phrases

party-crashingcrashing bore

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