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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
crashing en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/
Meanings
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Severe; drastic.
That the debut of the play on 20 April 1842 was a crashing failure is apparent from a letter from Charles […]
2020, Donald J. Lange, The Life and Poetry of George Darley, page 114:Advances were brought to crashing halts, and whole areas became impassable.
2016, Simon R. Green, Deathstalker War:
Deriveds
party-crashing · crashingly
Relateds
crashing bore
crashing en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/
Meanings
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The sound or action of something that crashes.
the ceaseless crashings of waves on the beach
Forms
crashing en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of crash