Two years later the national army crumpled and faded away.
The anger and frustration strategy references expressing frustration by swearing, slamming things down, crumpling up paper, and losing temper for a moment.
The exchanges had broken down, this paper machine had crumpled and somehow got out of order, and the result was that no business was possible.
Then there was the £40 bed settee which crumpled and became unusable in a week.
Thank goodness the structure has not yet crumpled in any war in which we have been engaged.
He does it once or twice, and in a very short time he is followed by others, and so the ring crumples up.
I often find that the little sign on the lamp post is crumpled up and cannot be easily read.
Such a controlled toppling would ensure that the remaining debris would be not be crumpled, or crumpled further, as it might be if the platform were toppled by natural forces.
