crumple

verb

  1. 1

    become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

    This fabric won't wrinkle

  2. 2

    to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

    She puckered her lips

  3. 3

    fold or collapse

    His knees buckled

  4. 4

    fall apart

    the building crumbled after the explosion

    Negotiations broke down

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