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crumple up

verb as in scrunch

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Example Sentences

Then he seemed to crumple up entirely, and, falling forward, rolled with a loud splash into the river.

I can't help imagining that perhaps just as we get to the middle, they'll crumple up like a jack-knife and nip us.

Jerry, in a glance, saw his big comrade crumple up in a heap, the whole front of his body torn away by a piece of shell.

And now I'd be afraid to land on you with a sofa cushion; you'd crumple up like a last year's leaf.

To the relief of Max the leaping cat seemed to crumple up in the air.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to crumple up, such as: compress, crunch, rumple, squash, and squeeze.

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

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