törmäyttää — meaning in English

English meaning

• crash noun A violent collision, especially involving a vehicle.
• hurtle verb To throw something with great force.

Senses

törmäyttää is used for these senses in English:

• crash (transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.
• hurtle To cause (someone or something) to collide with or hit another person or thing; or (two people or things) to collide with or hit each other.

crash — full definition

1. noun A violent collision, especially involving a vehicle.
2. noun A sudden failure of a computer program or system.
3. noun A sudden, sharp fall in the value of stocks, currency, or other assets.
4. verb To collide violently, or (of a vehicle) to be involved in an accident.
5. verb To stop working suddenly (of a computer or program).

hurtle — full definition

1. verb To throw something with great force.
2. verb To make someone or something crash hard into another person or thing, or to crash into one another this way.
3. verb To criticise or attack someone strongly, either in speech or in writing.
4. verb To move very fast and out of control, often noisily.

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