crash

Definitions

1. 1.To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise. Roofs were blazing and walls crashing in every part of the city. Macualay.
2. 2.To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.
3. 3.A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of manu things falling and breaking at once. The wreck of matter and the crash of worlds. Addison.
4. 4.Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.
5. 5.Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise. Roofs were blazing and walls crashing in every part of the city. Macualay called?
• What is to break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof called?
• What is a loud, sudden, confused sound, as of manu things falling and breaking at once. The wreck of matter and the crash of worlds. Addison called?
• What is ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise called?
• What is coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels called?