plane crash
collocation in Englishmeaningsofplaneandcrash
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plane
adjective[before noun]
uk/pleɪn/us/pleɪn/
flat:
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crash
noun[C]
uk/kræʃ/us/kræʃ/
an accident involving a vehicle, usually a serious one in which the vehicle is damaged or someone ...
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(Definition ofplaneandcrashfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In 1960, they reunited in an airport, after both of their wives died in a tragicplanecrash.
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The crash made a sound that witnesses later described as startling, horribly loud, and like aplanecrash.
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Gorman is out to recover the loot from theplanecrashto clear his father's name.
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In the film several katoeys survive aplanecrashin the jungle of an (unidentified) neighbouring country and several soldiers come to rescue them.
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Both will die in aplanecrashshortly after the events of the book but are mentioned many times in passing later in the series.
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He died in aplanecrashshortly before the act went into effect.
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The tour began in the fall of 1987, in honor of the 10-year anniversary of theplanecrash.
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However, she appeared on location in a car during the 1993planecrashepisodes.
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Later, cliffhangers would involve a fatal water-skiing accident, aplanecrash, an accident during a powerboat race and a road accident.
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The reason for theplanecrashis disputed.
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After his sister goes missing in aplanecrash, he is left to care for his sister's three daughters from her marriage.
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Deaths of patients, of loved ones, of illusions of permanence, two personal dances with cancer, aplanecrash.
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Sometimes it is going to be confronted with very big news—a break-in in its own area, aplanecrash, a train crash, a riot.
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If one were to see such a figure in terms of aplanecrashthe size of the problem would be immediately apparent.
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There is the ambulance chasing at the natural disaster orplanecrash.
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I give as an illustration aplanecrashwhen the mail bags are destroyed, or a train crash when the mails are affected.
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As a crude statistical average, this amounts to about the same level of risk as that of dying in aplanecrash.
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There was a unique case some years ago where there was aplanecrash.
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If we consider that this is more or less equivalent to oneplanecrashevery day, it is clear that this is an often underestimated tragedy.
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In an extreme case, it can make the difference between safety and aplanecrash—between a safe journey and a tragic accident that could, at worst, cost hundreds of lives.
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There have been plane crashes where there has been no real reason why there should hove been aplanecrashor why the passengers should have lost their lives.
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The doctors of theplanecrashincluding him receive $50 million of compensation and the hospital goes bankrupt.
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Verve claims the two divergent worlds were created when his brother died in a government-arrangedplanecrashone day, and was alive the next.
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She continued to work as an actress during the sound era until her death in aplanecrashin 1953.
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In case of aplanecrash, however, the building could be damaged.
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An example would be aplanecrashor chemical fire where a major foam attack would be undertaken.
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At the age of 12, aplanecrashlet to him being confined to a wheelchair.
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Though some think theplanecrashwas used as an opportunistic way to force change in the sport, it was merely an unfortunate coincidence.
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They lose the diamonds in theplanecrashand spend much of their time on the island searching for them.
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Robins suffered a near-fatalplanecrashin 1921 in which his jaw and arm were severely broken.
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The casualties are covered up by staging aplanecrashat sea.
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