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 And then, to add insult to electrical injury, my longtime beloved halogen standing light next to my reading chair finally crumped. Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025 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
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  • World & Nation Measles cases exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Stateside, family moviegoing always explodes post-Christmas, and that’s when Mufasa began to show his claws against Sonic.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
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  • Written by Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling, the film follows an airliner threatened by a bomb that will detonate if the plane drops below 4,000 feet.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Music seizes the reins and detonates the studied historicity viewers expect from stories about 20th-century music, pausing to highlight points the reader normally catches in articles about a movie rather than scenes in it: Yes, the blues begat both DOOM and doom.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
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  • Since Combs' last pretrial court appearance on April 18, only a handful of entries have popped up in the New York federal case.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • While no one is balking at Lithgow, an American actor, playing the beloved Hogwarts headmaster, a wave of angry comments have popped up across various HBO socials, where fans of the book are protesting Essiedu’s casting.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
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  • However, the impending free agent had an 11.25 ERA, two losses and one blown save over 10 games entering Monday.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Vindman and his twin brother, Alex, both blew the whistle on Trump’s attempt to withhold military aid to Ukraine while pressuring the country’s leader to investigate the family of President Joe Biden.
    Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2025
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  • Coogler burst onto the scene with the indie hit Fruitvale Station before going on to direct Creed and the Black Panther franchise (the latter two both starred Jordan).
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Culture Club burst onto the UK new romantic scene in 1981 and became one of the most defining and influential bands of their generation.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025

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“Crump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crump. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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