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Meanings of
pileup
in English
Portuguese
engavetamento
Spanish
choque múltiple
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Road traffic accident involving many vehicles.
multiple-vehicle collision
multi-car collision
Portuguese
engavetamento
Usage of
pileup
in English
1
The problem was nothing so simple as a four-car
pileup
this time.
2
Female provocation does not usually lead to a
pileup
of corpses, however.
3
By the time they got to the
pileup
,
dusk was almost gone.
4
The reason we weren't moving was a three-car
pileup
at the light.
5
We passed a four-car
pileup
in the lane we had been in.
6
Driving down a blazing road her vehicle was involved in a seven-car
pileup
.
7
By the end of that
pileup
of details, you're left in a daze.
8
I began to slow down and finally stopped just inches from the
pileup
.
9
Peppi was one of the first riders to go down in the
pileup
.
10
I've got a friend hurt in that
pileup
in Drury Lane.
11
By doing so, he avoided running smack into a
pileup
around the bend.
12
Haning's car was in a giant
pileup
on I-45, said Hank.
13
A ghastly
pileup
began, with elven arrows pouring death on the screaming mass.
14
Four vehicles, carrying eleven people, were involved in the
pileup
.
15
The Mueller probe proved as irresistible as an eight-car
pileup
.
16
Any punishing hit or
pileup
can permanently maim or cripple.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
pileup
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
multicar pileup
big pileup
cause a pileup
disturbing the pileup
ghastly pileup
More collocations
Translations for
pileup
Portuguese
engavetamento
Spanish
choque múltiple
Pileup
through the time
Pileup
across language varieties
United States of America
Common