Crash and Lapse

Crash

Crash noun - The violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact.

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

Nearby Words: crashed, crashing

Lapse noun - A change in status for the worse usually temporarily.

Usage example: the scandal caused the president to suffer a dramatic lapse in popularity

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

Nearby Words: lapsed, lapsing, lapsus

short	short crash	short lapse
complete	complete crash	complete lapse
certain	certain crash	certain lapse
single	single crash	single lapse
Other adjectives: large, serious, huge, terrible, tragic, deliberate, major, apparent, subsequent, comic, recent, high-speed.

First, we see Jeanne helplessly sit by as Nick attempts to pass a slow moving semitrailer truck on a narrow curve, and then — through her eyes — an oncoming car quickly appear in sight (this effect achieved through time-lapse photography), before the screen goes dark in a deafening crash.

Source: Nightmare Fuel / Film
While they make reasonable excuses for James being so late such as the time lapse being misleading, they then delve into the facetious excuses to save face, such as claiming that Hammond died in a crash and that London doesn't even have a river.

Source: Lame Excuse

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