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View definitions for buckle

buckle

noun as in fastener with long pin

verb as in contort, warp

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After killing her, Tape moved her body from the driver's seat to the passenger seat, buckled the seat belt and drove away.

From BBC

Applicants wore suits, dresses, jeans, cowboy hats and boots, longhorn belt buckles.

He trains hard, mentally prepares himself and still buckles to fear.

From Salon

Less than two hours after the initial explosion the platform, its supporting structure weakened by the intense fires, began to buckle and collapse.

From BBC

Nothing has proved this more than our current year, with two catastrophes that would have buckled, if not outright destroyed, other cities.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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