crumpled

Verb

crumple (third-person singular simple present crumples, present participle crumpling, simple past and past participle crumpled)

1. (transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
   • He crumpled the note and threw it away.
2. (transitive) To cause to collapse.
   • He crumpled the car's body panels when he backed into a post.
3. (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
   • The car's body panels crumpled when they hit the post.
4. (figuratively, intransitive) To collapse; to surrender.
   • The team's defensive strategy crumpled.

   Synonyms:

   buckle, cave, cave in, fold

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