Crash
Crash noun - A falling short of one's goals.
Usage example: refused to be discouraged by the crash of her hairdressing business
Win
Win noun - An instance of defeating an enemy or opponent.
How words are described
| good | good crash | good win |
| clear | clear crash | clear win |
| special | special crash | special win |
| complete | complete crash | complete win |
| Other adjectives: total, single, real, massive, large, big, huge, famous, major, near, possible, final, subsequent, resulting, aforementioned. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- After you win the Yokohama GP Final, you suddenly goes mad and then you races Fujisawa, leading to his crash.
Source: Video Game / Racing Lagoon - Even in the 60's Open division, the league the player starts in, it takes both crash-free and quick driving to consistently win stages, never mind rallies.
Source: Video Game / DiRT - Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped has the motorcycle races, where reaching first is required to win the Crystals that help Crash advance through the game (except in the secret level Area 51, where reaching first place instead rewards him with a Gem).
Source: Racing Minigame
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Win and Crash. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crash/win
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