Cryptic crossword clue
What 5 is avoiding sleepers are doing 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CRASHING

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What does CRASHING mean?

CRASHING verb
  1. To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.
  2. To severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else.
  3. (via gatecrash) To attend a social event without invitation, usually with unfavorable intentions.
  4. To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
  5. To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
  6. To give, as a favor.
  7. To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.
  8. (hardware) To terminate extraordinarily.
  9. (hardware) To cause to terminate extraordinarily.
  10. To experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated.
  11. To hit or strike with force
  12. (of a patient's condition) To take a sudden and severe turn for the worse; to rapidly deteriorate.
  13. To make a sudden loud noise.
CRASHING noun
  1. The sound or action of something that crashes.

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