abstürzen — meaning in English

English meaning

• crash noun A violent collision, especially involving a vehicle.
• plummet verb To fall suddenly and steeply.
• plunge verb To jump or dive suddenly into water or another substance.

Senses

abstürzen is used for these senses in English:

• break down (intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
• break down (ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.
• break down (ergative) To (cause to) decay, to decompose.
• crash (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution due to an exception.
• plummet (intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
• plunge (intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.

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).

plummet — full definition

1. verb To fall suddenly and steeply.
2. noun A sudden, steep drop or decline.

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