crumped

past tense of crump
as in exploded
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 crumped Hayes crumped to the ground and later went back to the locker room. Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • But things do appear to have exploded dramatically in the last half-decade.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Drug-overdose numbers exploded.
    David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The move could end a nearly three-decade period during which none of the world’s major nuclear powers have detonated a nuclear weapon.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
  • North Korea is the only nation that has detonated nuclear weapons since 1998.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Murals depicting him mid-throw popped up in the city virtually overnight.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Applovin — The software stock popped more than 6% on the heels of its better-than-expected quarterly results.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
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  • The crowd at the Rogers Centre nearly blew the roof off the place as Bichette jogged around the bases.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The retail giant was by far the strongest force lifting the S&P 500 after reporting profit for the latest quarter that blew past analysts’ expectations.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025

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“Crumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crumped. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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