The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crumple \Crum"ple\ (kr[u^]m"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crumpled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crumpling (-pl[i^]ng).] [Dim. fr. crump,
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] To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper.
They crumpled it into all shapes, and diligently scanned every wrinkle that could be made.
--Addison.
Wiktionary
n. The act by which something crumples. vb. (present participle of crumple English)
Usage examples of "crumpling".
No quarter was given, every soldier who fell with wounds was summarily butcheredtheir helmets torn off, their forearms shattered as they sought to ward off the attacks, their skulls crumpling to multiple blows.
He watched as the women then fell, heads crumpling to unseen weaponsto memories only they could see… and feel.
The Seventh's hollow box around the wagons of the wounded was crumpling, writhing, like a worm beset by ants.
The creatures began crumpling, the flesh withering, leaving only fur and bones.
The historian felt the man crumpling against him as if his bones had turned to dust, as if centuries stole into him with each ragged breath.
One of the soldiers was crumpling up, his body imploding in a series of rapid strikes.
Fractured girders were tossed out of the crumpling wreckage in all directions, clanging loudly as they hit the floor.
One disk actually collided with Tanjuntic-RI, crumpling as if it were made from paper before it started to rebound.
It had taken out a huge segment of the outer wall, crumpling the internal machinery and cutting power and data cables.
He watched as the women then fell, heads crumpling to unseen weapons—to memories only they could see… and feel.
No quarter was given, every soldier who fell with wounds was summarily butchered—their helmets torn off, their forearms shattered as they sought to ward off the attacks, their skulls crumpling to multiple blows.
It ended with one knife flying loose and Joseph crumpling back, curled around his side.
The crash claxon pierced even storm howl as two sleds collided, one to dip over the baffle and land nose down on the plascrete while the other veered out of control like a flat rock skipping across water, coming to a crumpling halt against the far wall.
The sight of F'lessan crumpling in on himself when allowed to take a few steps from his bed had almost made her retch.
He'd turned away, sitting hunched on the foot of the bed there, shoulders fallen, absorbed in the pantomime of a brand-wise woman ministering to a groggy victim of lower back pain through its smug conclusion before he was up again, crumpling Reverend Ude's sullied profile into a wad, God damn it Liz.