pileup
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈpaɪlˌʌp/
:
choque múltiple
- This caused a 30-car pileup.
- car pileup
- multiple car pileup
- four-car pileup
Examples
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CNN -- At least two people were killed and as many as 120 injured in Thanksgiving pileups involving an estimated 100 cars on a foggy stretch of highway in southeast Texas, authorities said.
Blog text (12) -
Horrific 100+ vehicle pileup
Blog text (8) -
We had a bad pileup down the highway.
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Twenty people dead in a pileup.
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More than 100 cars were involved in a deadly pileup.
Blog text (6) -
There was a big-rig pileup a couple of weeks ago.
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He counted eight cars in the pileup.
Fiction book (1994) -
Now, ten-car pileup.
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BEAUMONT, Texas (KTRK) -- Survivors are talking about a deadly Thanksgiving Day chain-reaction pileup involving more than 100 cars on a Texas highway.
Blog text (6) -
The icy conditions led to a massive pileup involving over twenty vehicles on the interstate.
Synonyms
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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
105
2.7
A serious accident involving vehicles like cars
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1.3
A collision between cars that causes damage or injury
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3.2
A crash involving several vehicles on a road
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3.7
A road accident where several cars crash into each other, often after one car hits another
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5.8
A serious road crash where vehicles hit each other hard
A violent crash of vehicles that causes damage
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Morphology
Etymology
Pileup comes from the simple words pile ('heap') and up ('together' or 'on top'). Imagine cars stacking into a heap after a chain reaction, which is why a pileup means a crash with many vehicles.