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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Because the landing was so gentle, Ship 40 was able to slowly tip over and float in the ocean without exploding or sinking, as prior prototypes have done.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Meta calls the suit an unprecedented cash grab by prosecutors looking to burnish their populist credentials with a public eager to pin the blame for flagging test scores and exploding teen anguish on the wealthy tech titan.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

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Bowie planned to put the bomb in a delivery bag and escape to Syria after detonating it, the complaint alleges.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026
Just weeks before her confrontation with Cunningham, Carrington sent shockwaves through the WNBA by publicly detonating her former relationship on social media.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026

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The large, scary-looking Joro spider that can make massive webs is popping up again in multiple states, but researchers say the invasive species is essentially harmless to humans.

— Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Soundstages have been popping up as well, from Taylor Sheridan’s SGS Studios in Fort Worth, the largest in the state, to The Chosen‘s film campus in Midlothian.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of popping

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Since then, more suits across the country have followed, blowing huge holes into NCAA eligibility rules, new and old.

— Justin Williams, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Although skies are still smoky across portions of the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies, not much is blowing east of there.

— Ben Noll, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026

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