s'écraser — meaning in English

English meaning

• crash noun A violent collision, especially involving a vehicle.
• crush verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
• fold verb To bend something, especially paper or fabric, over on itself.

Senses

s'écraser is used for these senses in English:

• crash (intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.
• crush (intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
• fold (intransitive) To give way on a point or in an argument.

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).

crush — full definition

1. verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
2. verb To defeat someone or something completely and forcefully.
3. noun A strong but usually short-lived romantic infatuation, or the person it is directed at.
4. noun A dense, uncomfortable crowd of people.

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