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1
to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in
- crumpled the piece of paper and angrily threw it in the wastebasket
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2
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
- the box crumpled when I accidentally dropped a brick on it
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“Crumple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crumple. Accessed 6 Dec. 2021.
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