crump
Example Sentences
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In February last year, the crump of artillery was still distant, but the factories had long since shut down as the city turned into a military camp with restaurants and barbers catering to soldiers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Ghost doesn't flinch at the crump of a shell landing nearby.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2023
Finally scrumplicate which evokes the positive "scrumptious" but probably depends more on "scrumple" to crush and the crump of violent opposition.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2014
With a crump of rending metal, the sheer bow of the 27,100-ton carrier crashed into the starboard side of the 1,630-ton destroyer-minesweeper Hobson.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just one of those pictures he had seen sometimes in the candle light, when it guttered in the draught, as the big crump burst outside.
From Mufti by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile
