crashing

UK /ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/ US /ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/

noun 1adj 1

Definitions

noun

The sound or action of something that crashes.

the ceaseless crashings of waves on the beach

adj

Severe; drastic.

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

That the debut of the play on 20 April 1842 was a crashing failure is apparent from a letter from Charles […]

ADJ.

afraid, against, apparent, bitter, inside, whole

VERB + CRASHING

am, attack, avoided, brought, came, heard, jumped, keeps

CRASHING + NOUN

beach, car, failure, futon, halts, kitchen, mary's, noise

PREP.

after, around, down, in, into, on, through, up

ADV.

barely

the ceaseless crashings of waves on the beach

Wiktionary

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

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That the debut of the play on 20 April 1842 was a crashing failure is apparent from a letter from Charles […]

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

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I heard something crashing in the kitchen in the middle of the night.

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He grimaced as if memories of his bitter past were crashing like waves inside his head.

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