car crash
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1.3
- noun
- /kɑr kræʃ/
:
accidente de coche
- The accident on the highway resulted in a serious car crash that injured several people.
And things like snow and car crashes thwart vlog plans.
- And things like snow and car crashes thwart vlog plans.
- It's not worth dying in a car crash just to play a video game.
- S Watson with a serious car crash, brain damage?
- And I was involved in a car crash.
- Is that better or worse than my parents dying in a car crash right now on the way to the airport?
- They reenact these car crashes and they get hurt in them because they're car crashes.
- If you get that much damage in one go, it was like a head on car crash, you're dead.
- I saw these cars that did big pile up of this multi car crash.
- He's he, he died unfortunately, but in a car crash.
- We, we call it the Jaws of Life that you use in a car crash.
- I'm filming about the car crash scam artist.
- And so the car crash turns heads, but no one ever stays.
- It's like catastrophic car crash TV that he puts on on his live shows.
Examples
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The husband was in a fatal car crash on Wednesday.
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- She said I was in a car crash.
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Then they were killed in a car crash when I was ten.
Fiction book (1996) -
"My parents were in a car crash; it sounds pretty serious.
Fiction book (1999) -
In America, when a person is killed in a car crash, there is always an investigation.
Blog text (15) -
Two women had died in a car crash in Kentucky.
Fiction book (1997) -
Her parents had died in a car crash on the busy road between New Amsterdam and Port Mourant.
Fiction book (1997) -
There was a horrible car crash in which Kelsey was tragically lost.
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Emergency responders arrived at the scene of a car crash involving multiple vehicles on the main road.
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After the heavy rain, many drivers experienced a car crash due to slippery conditions.
Synonyms
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1.0
An unexpected event that causes harm or damage
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2.3
A violent collision of vehicles like cars or planes that causes damage
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3.8
A crash when two moving vehicles hit each other
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2.7
A serious accident involving vehicles like cars
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3.2
A small car crash that causes little or no damage
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3.7
A violent crash that causes a loud noise and damage
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5.8
A serious road crash where vehicles hit each other hard
A violent crash of vehicles that causes damage
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a collision involving one or more cars' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'car' (motor vehicle) with 'crash' (a violent collision). This compound follows a common noun + noun composition pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Car crash comes from the loud, sudden noise when two cars hit each other; the word crash copies the sound of metal and glass breaking. So car crash means cars hitting each other, often causing damage or injury.