crashing
v.v. to hit something hard and make a loud noise, or to fail suddenly. You use it when a car hits a wall or when a computer stops working.
v. to collide violently with an object or surface; to experience a sudden functional failure, particularly in computing. Often used to describe the sound of waves hitting the shore.
The waves are crashing against the rocks.
My laptop keeps crashing whenever I try to open this large video file.
The sound of thunder crashing overhead echoed through the valley, signaling the arrival of the storm that the villagers had been dreading all week.
The verb can be used intransitively or transitively with an object like 'the car' or 'the party'.
The computer is crashed.The computer has crashed.Learners often use 'crashed' as an adjective with 'be', but it should be used as a verb in the present perfect to show a recent event.