crumple
— Verb
– English
~ fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"
crumple
— Verb
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~ become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"
crumple
— Verb
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~ fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
crumpled
— Adjective
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~ of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders"
crunch
— Verb
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~ press or grind with a crushing noise
crunch
— Verb
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~ chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"
crunch
— Verb
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~ make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
crunch
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~ reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
credit crunch
— Noun
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~ a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
crunch
— Noun
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~ a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources); "an end-of-the year crunch"; "a financial crunch"
crunch
— Noun
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~ the sound of something crunching; "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"
crupper
— Noun
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~ a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward
crural
— Adjective
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~ of or relating the leg from the knee to the foot
crus
— Noun
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~ the leg from the knee to foot
crusade
— Verb
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~ go on a crusade; fight a holy war
crusade
— Verb
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~ exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
crusade
— Noun
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~ a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"
Crusade
— Noun
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~ any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
crusader
— Noun
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~ a disputant who advocates reform