Crash and Echo

Crash

Crash verb - To cause to break with violence and much noise.

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Echo and crash are semantically related. in boom topic. In some cases you can use "Echo" instead the word "Crash" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: crashed, crashing

Echo verb - To continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves.

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Crash and echo are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crash" instead the word "Echo" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: echoing, echoed, echoic

clear	clear crash	clear echo
nasty	nasty crash	nasty echo
deliberate	deliberate crash	deliberate echo
minor	minor crash	minor echo
Other adjectives: literal, intentional.

times	crash times	echo times
events	crash events	echo events

It's used for ironic effect in 1984: the Thought Police echo the creepy final lines as they crash in and arrest Winston.

Source: Ironic Nursery Tune
Last Note Nightmare: "Uranus: The Magician" is mostly whimsical and bouncy bouncy, until the end, where the 4th to last note is a dissonant crash, followed by a softer echo, and an unsettling resolution.

Source: Music / Gustav Holst
Gustav Holst's The Planets has "Uranus: The Magician" be mostly whimsical and bouncy bouncy, until the end, where the 4th to last note is a dissonant crash, followed by a softer echo, and an unsettling resolution.

Source: Last Note Nightmare

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