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"crash" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often collide (7 letters).
Definitions
sleep in a convenient place
Word origin
From Middle English crasshen, crasschen, craschen (“to break into pieces”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of earlier *crasken, from crasen (“to break”) + -k (formative suffix); or from earlier *craskien, *craksien, a variant of craken (“to crack, break open”) (for form development compare break, brask, brash).
Used in a sentence
“The piece ended in a crescendo, building up to a crash of cymbals.”
“After the lightning came the crash of thunder.”
“She broke two bones in her body in a car crash.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Computer failure”5 letters
02“Loud collision”5 letters
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