pileup

n.

1. Informal. A serious collision usually involving several motor vehicles.
2. An accumulation: "the pile-up of unsold autos" (New York Times).

noun

A wrecking of a vehicle: crash, smash, smashup, wreck. Informal crackup. See help/harm/harmless.

n

A set of metal strips that is inserted into ultrasonic and sonic instruments. A stack converts magnetic fields into vibrations that move the tip of the instrument.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: multiple collisions of vehicles

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - harmonikasammenstød

Français (French)
n. - carambolage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Massenkarambolage

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συσσώρευση, καραμπόλα, πολλαπλή σύγκρουση (αυτοκινήτων)

Italiano (Italian)
tamponamento a catena

Português (Portuguese)
n. - engavetamento (m)

Русский (Russian)
нагромождение, крупное дорожное происшествие

Español (Spanish)
n. - choque en cadena, accidente múltiple

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - seriekrock

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
累积, 混乱累积, 混乱

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 累積, 混亂累積, 混亂

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 연쇄 충돌, 귀찮은 일이 쌓이는 것

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - パイルアップ

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תאונת שרשרת‬

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