as in to explode
to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure
one aerial bomb failed to crump as it landed
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Recent Examples of crump
Photos of the wreck show the PT Cruiser mangled almost beyond recognition, with its front end completely crumped.
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
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Palm trees caught on fire around them, exploding into columns of flames and showering the earth with sparks.Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Peters scribbled his scoop on X and the update exploded, generating more than 3M views.Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
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Bond squad technicians removed the devices from the vehicle and detonated them in a nearby park, the sheriff's office reported.Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025
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The agency is still trying to identify the person who placed the devices, which didn't detonate.Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Jan. 2025
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Calais Campbell popped up on the Dolphins’ injury report on Friday with a neck issue that has left him questionable for Sunday’s game at the Jets, but the Dolphins opted not to elevate another defensive lineman.Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
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Hillary Clinton popped with patriotic pride in a fiery red pantsuit on Saturday at the White House, where she was bestowed with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.WWD Staff, WWD, 4 Jan. 2025
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Credit them with winning 10 games although losing three of their last four and blowing a chance to win the ACC championship and get into the playoff put a huge damper on the season.Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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Chalamet stars in the Bob Dylan biopic and does his own singing, guitar playing, and harmonica blowing and sucking.Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025
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In New Zealand, fireworks burst from the Sky Tower in the capital of Auckland.Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
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An intellectually dense film bursting with ideas, some of them contradictory, some troubling, all of them provocative.Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Crump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crump. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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