クラッシュ

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クラッシュする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Primarily used for vehicle crashes, but can extend to other physical collisions. Common in news and everyday speech.

crash; system failure

Computing term for a program or system crash. Often used as a suru verb.

〈物もの〉がクラッシュするfor something (a vehicle, plane, etc.) to crash
その車くるまはガードレールにクラッシュした。
The car crashed into the guardrail.
パソコンがクラッシュするfor a computer to crash
作さ業ぎょう中ちゅうにパソコンがクラッシュしてデータが消きえた。
My computer crashed while I was working and I lost my data.
〈物もの〉をクラッシュさせるto cause something to crash
テスト用ようのプログラムがサーバーをクラッシュさせた。
The test program caused the server to crash.
クラッシュを起おこすto trigger/cause a crash
そのアプリはよくクラッシュを起おこす。
That app often crashes.

衝しょう突とつN2sense 1
衝突 is a native Japanese word for a collision used broadly for physical and abstract clashes, while クラッシュ is a loanword with a more modern, dramatic or technical feel, especially for vehicles and computers.
ダウンN1sense 2
ダウン describes a system or service simply going offline or stopping, while クラッシュ implies a more abrupt, often destructive failure.
事じ故こN4sense 1
事故 refers to an accident in general (which may or may not involve a crash), whereas クラッシュ specifically describes the violent impact or collision itself.
フリーズ sense 2
フリーズ means the system becomes unresponsive but is still running, whereas クラッシュ means it has actually stopped or failed.
破は壊かいN2
クラッシュ is the common loanword for a software or system crash, while 破壊 in the same sense sounds more technical or literary.

クラッチ
クラッチ (clutch, the car part) sounds similar to クラッシュ (crash) but refers to a completely different mechanical component.
キャッシュ
キャッシュ (cache, a data storage area) and クラッシュ (crash, a system failure) sound similar in katakana but have completely different meanings.

回かいN4
Used when counting incidents/occurrences of a crash, not the collision object itself.

Loanword from English 'crash', adopted into Japanese with the same core meanings.