as in to chew
to crush or grind with the teeth
people who crunch on hard candies during movies really annoy me
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The Babycatcher chewed his twig and held on to a thin rope, not much more than a string, which disappeared up into the canopy, likely connected to the pulleys and rigs and tackle that worked the biggest net down below.—
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Many of its 8,500 residents once lost internet service after squirrels chewed through a fiber-optic cable.—
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15 Oct. 2025
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“Crunch (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crunch%20%28on%29. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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