Slam - Collide - Smash - Wreck
These are all words that can be used when sth, especially a vehicle, hits sth else very hard and is damaged or destroyed.
Crash (rather informal) to hit an object or another vehicle, causing damage; to make a vehicle do this: I was terrified that the plane would crash.
Slam (sth) into/against sb/sth to crash into sth with a lot of force; to make sth do this: The car skidded and slammed into a tree.
Collide (rather formal) (of two vehicles or people) to crash into each other; (of a vehicle or person) to crash into sb/sth else: The car and the van collided head-on in thick fog.
Smash (rather informal) to crash into sth with a lot of force; to make sth do this; to crash a car: Ramraiders smashed a stolen car through the shop window.
Wreck to crash a vehicle and damage it so badly that it is not worth repairing.
CRASH, SLAM OR SMASH?
Crash is used especially to talk about vehicles and can be used without a preposition: We’re going to crash, aren't we? In this meaning slam and smash always take a preposition: We’re going to slam/smash, aren’t we? They are used for a much wider range of things than just vehicles. Crash can also be used for other things, if used with a preposition: He crashed down the telephone receiver.
PATTERNS
*two vehicles crash/collide
*two vehicles crash/slam/smash into each other
*to crash/smash/wreck a car
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