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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Her treatment during her bitter divorce from Charles and the Windsors’ flat-footed response to her death in a Paris car crash have been explored in numerous books, movies and a Netflix television series.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“The tragedy of the Rios car crash was entirely preventable,” Dist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
In 2008, when Walters was 14, his mother died in a car crash, and he moved in with his grandparents.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The families of two cyclists who died in a fatal car crash have described them as "amazing" people.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
It is tempting to think of this as some kind of giant continent-sized car crash, but of course it happened with imperceptible slowness.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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