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crashing

[krash-ing]

adjective

  1. absolute; complete; utter.

    a crashing bore.

  2. unusual or superlative; exceptional.

    a crashing celebration.



crashing

/ ˈæʃɪŋ /

adjective

  1. informal(prenominal) (intensifier) (esp in the phrase a crashing bore )

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • crashingly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of crashing1

First recorded in 1925–30; crash 1 + -ing 2
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Where contending teams increasingly relied on younger players, Buss’ Lakers were always tied to aging superstars, their title hopes crashing around a hobbled Bryant and now buckling under a slowly eroding James.

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A teenager has admitted crashing his car into a campsite and injuring several people, police have said.

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On Sunday, people at the scene told the BBC the car, with one man inside, appeared to turn the wrong way when exiting the car park before crashing to the ground.

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It lost contact with air traffic control shortly thereafter, crashing just outside the airport's perimeter.

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Wood accounted for Lewis with his extravagant swing, and the batter's review one of pure desperation as the ball was crashing into middle stump.

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