crump
Example Sentences
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The crumps of artillery impacts drifted back to the apartment as the Russian forces responded to the attack.
From New York Times
Loud whistle followed by loud crump: incoming fire.
From New York Times
Those who remain regularly take cover as the crump of shelling echoes through the village.
From Reuters
Medics taking a break, and soldiers who have brought in wounded comrades, stand in the doorway smoking, listening to the incessant drum of heavy autumn rain, punctuated by sharp blasts and dull crumps of shellfire.
From BBC
The occasional crump of an exploding artillery shell sounded across flat fields.
From Reuters
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
