crashcrash2 verb1[intransitiveI]FINANCE if stockmarkets or shares crash, they suddenly lose a lot of valueThe cost of the project has soared, causing the shares to crash 11p to 329p.
2[intransitiveI, transitiveT]COMPUTING if a computer or a piece of software crashes, or if you crash it, it suddenly stops working properlyThe memory was completely overloaded, causing the system to crash.
an error which crashed the whole system