Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To crash an aeroplane. · To crash; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle. · To damage (the vehicle one is driving) in an accident; to have a minor collision with (another motor vehicle).
An aeroplane crash. · A bombing raid. · An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties. · Crack cocaine.
Originally World War II Royal Air Force slang; probably imitative.
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