crumped; crumping; crumps
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Verb
one aerial bomb failed to crump as it landed
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
James Parker, The Atlantic, 13 June 2024
Loud whistle followed by loud crump: incoming fire.
—Natalia Yermak, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
But on January 5th some were woken by the less melodious rattle and crump of distant battle.
—The Economist, 11 Jan. 2020
The same pops and crumps and booms that haunt these ghosts are now supposed to be a soundtrack in the ears of 1,400 captive migrant children who crossed the desert in search of a new life and found… this.
—Matthew Farwell, The New Republic, 3 July 2019
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Verb
Photos of the wreck show the PT Cruiser mangled almost beyond recognition, with its front end completely crumped.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
Noun
The sound of impact was remarkable: a plasticky, irrevocable, cold-blooded, bad-news crump.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 13 June 2024
Loud whistle followed by loud crump: incoming fire.
—Natalia Yermak, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
But on January 5th some were woken by the less melodious rattle and crump of distant battle.
—The Economist, 11 Jan. 2020
The same pops and crumps and booms that haunt these ghosts are now supposed to be a soundtrack in the ears of 1,400 captive migrant children who crossed the desert in search of a new life and found… this.
—Matthew Farwell, The New Republic, 3 July 2019
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“Crump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crump. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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