car crash
Britishnoun
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a collision between motor vehicles
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informal something or someone that has suffered ruin or calamity
Example Sentences
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Diesel and Rodriguez posed with fellow actor Jordana Brewster and the daughter of late co-star Paul Walker, who died in a car crash in 2013, at the French film festival Wednesday.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
The journey that fear takes him on isn't a slow-motion car crash, it's a full-throttle run of joyless rides.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
The coalition that supports Uber announced last week it had gathered enough signatures for a measure that would cap attorney fees for car crash cases at 25%, among other changes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
It wasn’t like the high school ex-boyfriend who died in a car crash, or the grandparent who went into an ICU and didn’t come out.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
Everyone has an Aunt Matilda who had a vivid dream of a fiery car crash the night before Uncle Mortimer wrapped his Ford around a utility pole.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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