plough into somebody/something phrasal verb (see also plough)
to crash into something or someone, especially while driving, because you are unable to stop quickly enough:
I plowed into the car in front.

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crash verb [intransitive and transitive] to hit another vehicle, a tree, the ground etc, with a lot of force, causing a lot of damage:
The plane crashed a kilometre from the runway.
He was scared I’d crash his car.
The car crashed into a tree.
hit verb [transitive] to move into something quickly and with force:
He wasn’t paying attention, and almost hit another car.
The car hit a lamppost.
collide verb [intransitive] if two cars, trains, planes etc collide, they hit each other, especially when they are moving in opposite directions:
The two planes collided in mid-air.
An express train collided with a freight train in the morning rush hour.
run into something phrasal verb [transitive] to hit a vehicle or object that is directly in front of you, especially because you are not paying attention:
He ran into the car in front while he was talking on his mobile phone.
smash into something phrasal verb [transitive] to crash into something, causing a great amount of damage:
An army helicopter smashed into the side of the mountain.
plough into British English, plow into American English phrasal verb [transitive] to crash into something with a lot of force, especially when your vehicle continues moving afterwards:
The bus went out of control and ploughed into a line of traffic.
ram verb [transitive] to deliberately hit another boat or vehicle very hard, especially when it is not moving:
The ship had been rammed by a submarine.
The gunmen tried to ram the police car.
a car/train/plane etc crash
He was badly hurt in a car crash.
a road/rail/air crash
There will be an investigation into the cause of the air crash.
a head-on crash (=in which the front part of two vehicles hit each other)
He died in a head-on crash with a lorry.
a fatal crash (=in which someone is killed)
There have been several fatal crashes on this road.
a high-speed crash
the risk of injury from a high-speed crash
a horrific/terrible/appalling crash
a horrific crash in which three teenage boys were killed
have a crash (also be involved in a crash) (=in a car)
I’ve been nervous about driving since I had a crash last year.
a crash happens/occurs
The three-vehicle crash happened on the corner of Ongar Road.
a crash involves something
Two women were taken to hospital after a crash involving a bus and a car.
a crash victim (=someone injured or killed in a crash)
Families of the crash victims want to know what happened.
a crash site/scene (=place where a crash happens)
The authorities closed off a five-mile area around the crash site.
a crash investigator (=someone who tries to find the cause of a crash)
Crash investigators spent several days examining the scene.

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