Crash and Grind

Crash

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

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Grind and crash are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grind" instead a verb "Crash".

Nearby Words: crashed, crashing

Grind verb - To make smooth by friction.

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Crash and grind are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crash" instead a verb "Grind".

Nearby Words: grinding, grinder, grinded

single	single crash	single grind
real	real crash	real grind
massive	massive crash	massive grind
big	big crash	big grind
Other adjectives: serious, huge, infamous, major, epic, inevitable, subsequent, aforementioned.

Exalted has the Well of Udr, a strange location where potential universes crash and grind against each other into nothingness, producing horrible things from beyond reality.

Source: Void Between the Worlds
In Arcanum the crash site where the game begins is a mountain valley inhabited by weak wolves, boars and small goblin-like creatures, obviously to grind up a level before leaving.

Source: Noob Cave
Of course, the "grind line" terminology was derived from the Detroit Red Wings—who, after being destroyed by the Crash Line in the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals, quickly adopted the same techniques and established the original Grind Line of Kris Draper, Joe Kocur, and Kirk Maltby.

Source: Bash Brothers

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