Crash
Crash noun - The violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact.
Flash
Flash noun - A sudden and usually temporary growth of activity.
How words are described
| short | short crash | short flash |
| initial | initial crash | initial flash |
| single | single crash | single flash |
| loud | loud crash | loud flash |
| Other adjectives: simple, real, large, big, huge, famous, new, possible, mysterious, random, next, strange, several, sudden. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Yesterday is up for auction Souvenirs are in demand In the rooms where rocking horses Carried us on moonlit strands Thunder crash and flash of lightning Storms of metal raining down Little hands that cradle ashes Little eyelids heavy, head run aground
Source: Word Salad Lyrics -
When Ted of How I Met Your Mother gets in a car crash, he says that he didn't see his whole life flash before his eyes - just the important things.
Source: My Life Flashed Before My Eyes -
For Want of a Nail: The flash-sideways timeline is initially presented as this; the characters' lives had there been no plane crash, no Island, and no interference from Jacob.
Source: Series / Lost
Cite this Source
Flash and Crash. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crash/flash
Crash & Flash. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/crash/flash>.
Flash or Crash. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/crash/flash.
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