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Discover LudwigThe phrase "was crashed" is not correct in standard written English
It is typically used in contexts where an event or action has caused something to crash, but the passive construction is awkward. Example: "The system was crashed due to a power failure."
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was crashed
verb
To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.
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It was crashed into the Moon on June 10 , 2009
I was crashed into, spun, tipped out, and constantly found the ball ripped from my grasp.
The C30 was crashed at Volvo's Gothenburg, Sweden, laboratory last month, with a fully charged lithium-ion battery.
"I was crashed against the boards, and that's how I got cut in the forehead," he said.
At 3.11pm, a Jeep Cherokee wreathed in flames was crashed into the doors of the main terminal building at Glasgow.
Hours after speaking at the Pentagon, where a hijacked plane was crashed last Tuesday, he visited Washington's largest Islamic center.
During the sea trials of 10 kW full-scale prototype performed from 2012 to 2014, a design problem occurred that the crashworthy component (namely End Beam) was crashed up by the rotor.
"Someone called me to say David Bowie was there and wanted to meet Iggy, who was crashed at my place," he recalled.
Over the next few days it emerges that the plane was crashed deliberately by the pilot, Andreas Lubitz, who had a history of mental illness.
A ninth-place finish kept Helio Castroneves atop the IndyCar season points standings over Scott Dixon, who was crashed out of the race by Castroneves's teammate, Will Power.
Though the race was crashed, and distracted for a few irritating weeks, by the unqualified Anthony Weiner, it has since sobered up, and voters are paying attention.
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