fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
Used in a Sentence
crumple
How to use crumple in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for crumple.
Editorial note
I don't think they believed in crumple zones back then...
Examples12
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of crumple gathered in one view.
fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for crumple.
verb
fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
verb
fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"
See also: buckle
verb
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips"
verb
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"
Example sentences
I don't think they believed in crumple zones back then...
Just remember that you've got no crumple zones and your legs are right at the front.
Even 12-18 inches of crumple zone would make a BIG difference.
It's like saying the crumple zone of a car is useless because it crumpled in the accident.
They crash a big Volvo that happens to be a decade old and built when the crumple one was king into a modern Renault hatchback.
Bumping into something at 30mph needs a certain amount of crumple zone to make it survivable.
That was a nice video demonstrating how the hood of modern cars are designed to crumple upon impact to save the driver.
As with a luxury car's crumple zones and air bags and other safety gear, the plants systems designed to contain and mitigate the accident have done their jobs.
For survivability there is absolutely no replacement for deformable structure aka crumple zones.
By prolonging the total crumple/crash time, the peak energy is decreased, thereby avoiding injuries from force overload during deceleration.
Over a century or so we've applied various braking technologies, crumple zones, seat belts air bags, etc... Gambling could be treated the same way and with the advent of big data the benefits may outweigh the harms.
If there's some sort of collision with enough force to crumple the gyro casing, which appears to be buried deep in the vehicle and can be made of very strong material, you have a lot bigger problems than the gyros stopping.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use crumple in a sentence?
I don't think they believed in crumple zones back then...
What does crumple mean?
fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
What part of speech is crumple?
crumple is commonly used as verb.