To fall with a crash
overturn, upset, break down, plunge, be hurled, pitch, topple, smash, dive, hurtle, plummet, land violently, lurch, sprawl, tumble, fall headlong, fall flat, drop, slip, collapse, precipitate oneself, come a cropper*, spin in*; see also fall 1.
To break into pieces
shatter, smash, splinter, dash to pieces; see break 2, smash.
To make a crashing sound
clatter, bang, smash; see sound 1.
To have a collision
collide with, hit, strike, run together, run into, smash into, bump into, bang into, slam into, dash into, jostle, impact, bump, rear-end, sideswipe, butt, knock, punch, jar, jolt, go aground, hurtle into, crack up*, total*; see also hit 1, 2.
To break down
malfunction, shut down, fail; see break down 3.
*To sleep
go to bed, bed down, stay over, bunk*; see dwell, lodge 2, sleep.
*To go uninvited
invade, intrude, crash the gate*; see interrupt 2, meddle 1. See syn. study at break.