CRUMPING Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

crumping

verb

present participle of crump

as in exploding

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure one aerial bomb failed to crump as it landed

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Balloons float above an exploding castle, a giant peeks from behind the bushes and wizards throw flames in the foreground.

— Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026
Unsurprisingly, this took a few attempts to get right—resulting in three vacuum tubes exploding.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 July 2026

Definition of exploding

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Brown says the firm also explored investing in an Israeli start-up developing underground munitions capable of tunneling beneath targets before detonating, but that deal ultimately fell through.

— Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 22 July 2026
The video shows these drones flying into the Russian positions and detonating their payloads during the assault.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of detonating

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Perhaps most concerningly, more than 80% of new cases are popping up outside of known contacts.

— Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 23 July 2026
The company’s latest filing Thursday shows more than $800 billion in purchase commitments and other obligations, an eye-popping number that reveals some sneakier expenses like some $51 billion spent backstopping other companies’ data centers.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 July 2026

Definition of popping

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But extraordinary pressure is building in the Middle East, and the new escalation could send oil blowing past those dubious milestones.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Tamra is right; Shannon and some of the other cast are looking for things to get mad about, taking tiny things and blowing them up.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 July 2026

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