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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bent, crumpled, dentedadjective

    of metal e.g.

    "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders"

Wiktionary

  1. crumpledadjective

    Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds.

    The crumpled pieces of paper were used as packing because they took up much more space that way than when they were flat.

Wikipedia

  1. crumpled

    In geometry and topology, crumpling is the process whereby a sheet of paper or other two-dimensional manifold undergoes disordered deformation to yield a three-dimensional structure comprising a random network of ridges and facets with variable density. The geometry of crumpled structures is the subject of some interest the mathematical community within the discipline of topology. Crumpled paper balls have been studied and found to exhibit surprisingly complex structures with compressive strength resulting from frictional interactions at locally flat facets between folds. The unusually high compressive strength of crumpled structures relative to their density is of interest in the disciplines of materials science and mechanical engineering.

ChatGPT

  1. crumpled

    Crumpled refers to something that has been crushed or wrinkled into irregular folds or creases. This term often applies to soft materials like paper or clothes but can also describe abstract things like a damaged or ruined plan. Additionally, it can metaphorically describe being physically exhausted or emotionally defeated.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Crumpled

    of Crumple

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of crumpled in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of crumpled in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of crumpled in a Sentence

  1. Charles Casillo:

    The car looked like an accordion, he was crumpled up inside and his face was completely destroyed. His nose and jaw were broken in several places. The car was still running and it was dangerous to get in. Because of the impact, the doors wouldn’t open. It was Elizabeth who pulled at the back door and managed to get in. He started choking and she actually stuck her fingers down his throat to pull out his broken teeth. Everyone at the scene said she literally saved his life.

  2. Chicago Tribune:

    When the police arrived, Anthony Prate was taken into custody and is currently being held in CookCounty Jail without bond. Daniels grisly death has put the spotlight back on the bizarre events leading up to the death of Anthony Prate first wife, Bridget Prate, who died in 2011. CHICAGO TODDLER UNHURT AS FATHER AND ANOTHER MAN DIE IN GUNFIRE EXCHANGE In that incident, Anthony Prate claimed Anthony Prate overheard Anthony Prate wife talking to another man and said they were plotting to kill Anthony Prate. Anthony Prate dialed 911 and demanded that both Anthony Prate wife of nearly 20 years and the man she was talking to be arrested. When authorities arrived, Bridget Prate told them it had all been a big misunderstanding and the officers left. Anthony Prate was charged with first-degree murder in the Nov. 23 death of Anthony Prate girlfriend Malgorzata Daniel, a 48-year-old nurse who authorities said was stabbed 30 times in her home. ( Cook County Jail) Less than a week later, she was dead. Police found Bridgets crumpled body under the dashboard of a car that crashed while Prate was driving. Anthony Prate told the police that Anthony Prate wife had unbuckled Bridget Prate seat belt to look for Bridget Prate purse and a water bottle just seconds before Anthony Prate lost control of the vehicle, crossed over the center line, and hit an oncoming car and a tree before coming to a stop. When paramedics arrived, three bystanders had surrounded the car while Anthony Prate attempted to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Anthony Prate wife. Bridget Prate didnt have a pulse and Bridget Prate wasnt breathing. One of the bystanders said Anthony Prate, who had suffered only minor injuries, looked frantic and shocked.

  3. Yuriy Glodan:

    We crossed over the police cordon, and made it up to the fourth floor, where my apartment was, when I got there, it was hard to figure out what I was looking at, a room... water had poured out everywhere. There was fire, smoke, torn pieces of metal all around. All the appliances looked like crumpled aluminum foil.

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