Absturz — meaning in English

English meaning

• crash noun A violent collision, especially involving a vehicle.
• drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
• fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
• plummet verb To fall suddenly and steeply.
• tumble verb To fall suddenly, often rolling or turning over as it happens.

Senses

Absturz is used for these senses in English:

• crash (computing) A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
• drop The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
• fall The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
• fall (chiefly, North America, archaic in Britain) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. [from 16th c.]
• plummet A violent or dramatic fall.
• plummet (figuratively) A decline; a fall; a drop.
• tumble A fall, especially end over end.

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).

drop — full definition

1. noun A small round blob of liquid.
2. verb To let something fall, or to fall oneself.
3. verb To release something (a song, product, or piece of information) to the public.
4. verb To stop doing, discuss, or associate with something; to abandon it.

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