as in exploded
to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure
one aerial bomb failed to crump as it landed
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Recent Examples of crumped
Hayes crumped to the ground and later went back to the locker room.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
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An asteroid the size of a house exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk with the force of 440,000 tons of TNT, damaging buildings and injuring more than 1,600 people, according to NASA.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Usually, the fire department starts the program in late April or May, but because of all the weather whiplash the area has seen over the past few months, vegetation has exploded and left many yards and properties with fire hazards.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Sources said the device was dangerous, but not sophisticated enough to be detonated remotely.—
Naveen Dhaliwal,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The bomb squad moved it to a desert area, where it was detonated, according to police.—
Alex Stone,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The gang wars, along with the self-defense groups that have popped up in response, have turned the region into a hotbed of terror for rural farmers.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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Protests popped up in all 50 states and even appeared overseas as far as Italy, France, Germany and Spain.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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But few, if any, think about what the pain of losing a championship in October will feel, something Blue Jays manager John Schneider had to endure last season when his team blew a 3-2 series lead to the Dodgers.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Last year, Duke blew a 14-point lead to lose to Houston in the Final Four with Flagg and Knueppel.—
Megan Armstrong,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Crumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crumped. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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