crump
Example Sentences
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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
It was more of a crump and you felt it through the rig.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2013
With an explosive crump the right wing tore off and the Commando plunged toward the ground.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He had been buried by a big crump just before we got our second objective, and was dug out without a scratch on him, but as daft as a hatter.
From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.