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car crash

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noun

  1. a collision between motor vehicles

  2. informal something or someone that has suffered ruin or calamity

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Car crash deaths have surged during COVID-19 pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2022

Car crash detection, which originally launched with the Pixel 4 in 2019, is also expanding to more countries.

From The Verge • Dec. 6, 2021

Car crash: A Google self-driving car was seriously damaged in a collision Friday in Mountain View.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2016

The three-time Cup champion has a broken tibia and fibula in his right leg as the result of a Sprint Car crash Monday night at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2013

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