Decrease and Crash

noun

• A change downward.
  • usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  • synonyms: lessening, drop-off
• A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The amount by which something decreases.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The act of decreasing or reducing something.
  • synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

verb

• Decrease in size, extent, or range.
  • usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
  • synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
• Make smaller.
  • usage: "He decreased his staff"
  • synonyms: lessen, minify

• (v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
• (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
• (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
• (v.) The wane of the moon.

noun

• A loud resonant repeating noise.
  • usage: "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
  • synonyms: clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash
• A serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles. )
  • usage: "they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane"
  • synonyms: wreck
• A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures.
  • synonyms: collapse
• The act of colliding with something.
  • usage: "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line"
  • synonyms: smash
• Computer science. ( an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative)
  • usage: "the crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since"

verb

• Fall or come down violently.
  • usage: "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
• Move with, or as if with, a crashing noise.
  • usage: "The car crashed through the glass door"
• Undergo damage or destruction on impact.
  • usage: "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"
  • synonyms: ram
• Move violently as through a barrier.
  • usage: "The terrorists crashed the gate"
• Break violently or noisily; smash;.
  • synonyms: break up, break apart
• Occupy, usually uninvited.
  • usage: "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend"
• Make a sudden loud sound.
  • usage: "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night"
• Enter uninvited; informal.
  • usage: "let's crash the party"
  • synonyms: barge in, gate-crash
• Cause to crash.
  • usage: "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
• Hurl or thrust violently.
  • usage: "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
  • synonyms: dash
• Undergo a sudden and severe downturn.
  • usage: "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again"
• Stop operating.
  • usage: "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
  • synonyms: go down
• Sleep in a convenient place.
  • usage: "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"
  • synonyms: doss, doss down

• (v.t.) To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
• (n.) Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used especially for towels.
• (v.i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.
• (v.i.) To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.
• (n.) A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.
• (n.) Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.

Crash is a crash is a sudden, steep drop in stock prices. The downward spiral is intensified as more and more investors, seeing the bottom falling out of the market, try to sell their holdings before these investments lose all their value. The two great US crashes of the 20th century, in 1929 and 1987, had very different consequences. The first was followed by a period of economic stagnation and severe depression. The second had a much briefer impact. While some investors suffered huge losses in 1987, recovery was well underway within three months. In the aftermath of each of these crashes, the federal government instituted a number of changes designed to reduce the impact of future crashes.