crumple
verb
- 1
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
This fabric won't wrinkle
- 2
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
She puckered her lips
- 3
fold or collapse
His knees buckled
- 4
fall apart
the building crumbled after the explosion
Negotiations broke down
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