Definition of "prang" []

• Chiefly British To crash (an airplane, for example). (verb-transitive)
• Chiefly British To damage by colliding with (a car, for example). (verb-transitive)
• Chiefly British To bomb from the air. (verb-transitive)

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• "The Khmer lintel over the central "prang" or tower of Sikhoraphum depicting the Dances of Shiva is considered one of the most beautiful in Thailand."
• "Pretty much have to stand on my brakes to avoid a prang."
• "He'd gone to a prang, as we used to call it, or a 'fatal'."