crunching

ADJECTIVE

grinding

Synonyms

STRONG

crumbling crushing disintegrating eroding granulating grating milling powdering pulverizing rubbing scraping shivering smashing

WEAK

bone-crushing

Example Sentences

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And then there was growling and craunching, I reckon.

From Summerfield or, Life on a Farm by Lee, Day Kellogg