## Meanings
1. A serious accident in which a vehicle hits something.
2. To hit something violently and be damaged or destroyed.
3. To stop working suddenly, as a computer or system does.
4. To fall suddenly and sharply in value.
5. To sleep somewhere, often temporarily or informally.

## Examples
- They are still investigating the plane crash.
- The car crashed into a tree.
- My computer crashed last night and I lost my work.
- Stock prices crashed overnight.
- You can crash here tonight if you like.

## Derived Forms
- aircrash
- anticrash
- autocrash
- crash-dive
- crash-hot
- crash-land
- crash-proof
- crashability
- crashable
- crashdump
- crasher
- crashgate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: crasshen

## Etymology
From Middle English crasshen, crasschen, craschen (“to break into pieces”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of earlier *crasken, from crasen (“to break”) + -k (formative suffix); or from earlier *craskien, *craksien, a variant of craken (“to crack, break open”) (for form development compare break, brask, brash).

## AI Etymology
crash comes from Middle English crasshen, crasschen, craschen (“to break into pieces”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of earlier *crasken, from crasen (“to break”) + -k (formative suffix); or from earlier *craskien, *craksien, a variant of craken (“to crack, break open”) (for form development compare break, brask, brash). Current senses include A serious accident in which a vehicle hits something and to hit something violently and be damaged or destroyed. English relatives and later formations include aircrash, anticrash, autocrash.

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