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Meaning of crumple

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  crumple
      v 1: fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion";
           "Negotiations broke down" [syn: {crumble}, {crumple},
           {tumble}, {break down}, {collapse}]
      2: fold or collapse; "His knees buckled" [syn: {buckle},
         {crumple}]
      3: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She
         puckered her lips" [syn: {pucker}, {rumple}, {cockle},
         {crumple}, {knit}]
      4: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't
         wrinkle" [syn: {rumple}, {crumple}, {wrinkle}, {crease},
         {crinkle}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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