crashing
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
crashing
- present participle and gerund of crash
Noun edit
crashing (plural crashings)
- The sound or action of something that crashes.
- the ceaseless crashings of waves on the beach
Adjective edit
crashing
- Severe; drastic.
- 2016, Simon R. Green, Deathstalker War:
- Advances were brought to crashing halts, and whole areas became impassable.
- 2020, Donald J. Lange, The Life and Poetry of George Darley, page 114:
- That the debut of the play on 20 April 1842 was a crashing failure is apparent from a letter from Charles […]