Pronunciations
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/ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/
Noun
The sound or action of something that crashes.
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the ceaseless crashings of waves on the beach
Adjective
Severe; drastic.
- Related words
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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 […]
Adjective
informal intensifiers
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what a bally (or blinking) nuisance
a bloody fool
More examples (2)
a crashing bore
you flaming idiot