There was a pile-up on the town bypass involving about twenty cars.
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Pile-up
Synonyms for "pile-up" (1 found)
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27 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- верижна катастрофа noun (pile of crashed cars)
- натрупване noun (accumulation that occurs over time)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 連環車禍 /连环车祸 noun (pile of crashed cars)
Finnish
4 entries- kasaantuminen noun (accumulation that occurs over time)
- kasauma noun (accumulation that occurs over time)
- kasautuma noun (accumulation that occurs over time)
- kasautuminen noun (accumulation that occurs over time)
French
4 entries- accumulation noun (accumulation that occurs over time)
- amoncellement noun (accumulation that occurs over time)
- carambolage noun (pile of crashed cars)
- mêlée noun (pile of tackling players)
German
2 entries- Karambolage noun (pile of crashed cars)
- Massenkarambolage noun (pile of crashed cars)
Greek
1 entries- καραμπόλα noun (pile of crashed cars)
Hungarian
1 entries- tömegkarambol noun (pile of crashed cars)
Italian
1 entries- tamponamento noun (pile of crashed cars)
Japanese
1 entries- 玉突き noun (pile of crashed cars)
Polish
1 entries- karambol noun (pile of crashed cars)
Portuguese
1 entries- engavetamento noun (pile of crashed cars)
Romanian
2 entries- carambol noun (pile of crashed cars)
- carambolaj noun (pile of crashed cars)
Russian
1 entries- столкнове́ние noun (pile of crashed cars)
Slovak
1 entries- reťazová nehoda noun (pile of crashed cars)
Spanish
1 entries- choque múltiple noun (pile of crashed cars)
Tagalog
1 entries- karambola noun (pile of crashed cars)
Sample sentences
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There was a huge pile-up on the highway.
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Traffic was backed up for miles due to a twelve-car pile-up on the freeway earlier today.
Source: wiktionary
Pinot was among those involved in the huge pile-up just as the race entered the final three kilometres. Grazes were visible under his torn clothing as he pedalled, with a face like thunder, to the finish line.
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