Crash and Start

good	good crash	good start
complete	complete crash	complete start
initial	initial crash	initial start
actual	actual crash	actual start
Other adjectives: real, massive, big, huge, new, possible, final, next, several, literal, comic, sudden, horrific.

Common collocations

people	crash people	start people
turn	crash turn	start turn
show	crash show	start show
time	crash time	start time
Other words: way, game, head, battle, car, engine, times.

At the start of the series then-Secretary of State Vincent Marsh dies in a plane crash that Liz later discovers has similarities to a crash that killed an Iranian nuclear scientist, long suspected to have been a Mossad assassination.

Source: Vehicular Sabotage
Then Cosmos crash-lands on the planet, and they start worshipping him instead (this counts since he is deactivated at the time).

Source: Cargo Cult
Jock Ewing was written to have died in a helicopter crash to start the fifth season of Dallas because actor Jim Davis had died before production of the season began.

Source: Bus Crash

Cite this Source

Start and Crash. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crash/start

Crash & Start. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/crash/start>.

Start or Crash. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/crash/start.

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