CRASH

Crash

Crash is a 2004 crime drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles, California. A self-described "passion piece" for Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real-life incident in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard in 1991.

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crash

Noun

  1. An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
    She broke two bones in her body in a car crash.
    Nobody survived the plane crash
  2. A computer malfunction that is caused by faulty software, and makes the system either partially or totally inoperable.
    My computer had a crash so I had to reboot it.
  3. A loud sound as made for example by cymbals.
    The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.
  4. A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)
    the stock market crash'
  5. A comedown of a drug.
  6. A group of rhinoceroses.
  7. dysphoria

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Plain linen.

Verb

  1. To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.
  2. To severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else.
    I'm sorry for crashing the bike into a wall. I'll pay for repairs.
  3. (via gatecrash) To attend a social event without invitation.
    We weren't invited to the party so we decided to crash it.
  4. To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
  5. To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements.
    Hey dude, can I crash at your pad?
  6. To terminate extraordinarily.
    If the system crashes again, we'll have it fixed in the computer shop.
  7. To cause to terminate extraordinarily.
    Double-clicking this icon crashes the desktop.
  8. To experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated.

Adjective

  1. quick, fast, intensive
    crash course
    crash diet


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