crumple

[US]/ˈkrʌmpl/
[UK]/ˈkrʌmpl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. cause something to become wrinkled or collapsed
vi. become wrinkled or collapsed
n. a wrinkle or crease in something

Phrases & Collocations

crumple paper

crumple under pressure

crumple up

Example Sentences

The house crumpled up in the gale.

he crumpled up the paper bag.

she crumpled to the floor in a dead faint.

the child's face crumpled and he began to howl.

The enemy crumpled under our attacks.

Don't crumple my clothes!

This kind of paper crumples easily.

It was Jane who crumpled up the document.

The bus was crumpled up in the crash.

the bumper crumpled as it glanced off the wall.

he crumpled the page up and pitched it into the fireplace.

At the first punch, his opponent crumpled to the floor.

She flattened out the crumpled letter on the desk.

Eventually, the metal will crumple and uncrumple, totally unaided, in response to changes in temperature and without any sign of metal fatigue.

After you put up the magnetotherapy massage eyeshade, please choose one of the modes which are circulation program, lightly crumple program and clap program to massage 3 to 5 minutes.

Further adding to occupant safety, frontal impacts are absorbed by crumple zones directed into Y-shaped chassis members and the main understructure – the strongest part of the chassis.

Real-world Examples

Judy screamed as she crumpled under the attack.

Source: Zootopia (audiobook)

Then crumpled that paper and throw it away.

Source: 2018 Best Hits Compilation

Tents crumpled and fell as the marching crowd swelled.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

" Tell his father that I crumpled his papers. See what he says then."

Source: Call Me by Your Name

Of course, it took millions of years for the land to crumple up and form this landscape.

Source: Travel to the Earth's interior

Her face is crumpled, and her hair is white as snow.

Source: 101 Children's English Stories

He crumpled up the empty lacewing bag and looked at Harry.

Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Selected Edition

There are dirty dishes stacked up, and clothing crumpled on the floor.

Source: Beethoven lives upstairs from me.

He tossed over, as he spoke, a crumpled sheet of foreign notepaper.

Source: The Sign of the Four

She crumpled, falling at his feet, sobbing and moaning on the floor.

Source: 6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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