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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Prosecutors said the fire smoldered underground for a week before exploding into the deadly Palisades fire.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Even at a time when golf is exploding in popularity, and greens fees are rising at the same rate, getting in a round at East Potomac is an inclusive experience.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

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Akhtar the author, though, is conducting a stealthy psyop aimed at detonating the certainties of combatants on both sides.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Jentleson compares the power of fusing race and these questions of fairness to detonating a nuclear warhead.

— Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

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In other words, someone who spent $1,000 on what seemed like an outrageous baseball souvenir more than a decade ago could now have the opportunity to bring the whole family to the World Series without paying today's eye-popping resale prices.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
A lot of these names and others like Sam Altman are popping up in popular culture and in Hollywood now.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of popping

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Officials had budgeted $100,000 for the program and wound up blowing through that in just a few hours.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
While animal rights advocates have pushed for Congress to adopt legislation that would phase out the fur industry, buying out farmers over the course of a year to end the practice once and for all, winds in Congress are blowing the other direction.

— Nat Lash, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026

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