different between crumple vs pulverise

English

Etymology

From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump +? -le.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??mp?l/
• Rhymes: -?mp?l

Noun

crumple (plural crumples)

1. A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.

Verb

crumple (third-person singular simple present crumples, present participle crumpling, simple past and past participle crumpled)

1. (transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
2. (transitive) To cause to collapse.
3. (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To collapse.

Translations

Derived terms

• crumple zone

Related terms

• crumpet

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “crumple”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• clumper

English

Alternative forms

• pulverize (American)

Etymology

Borrowed from French pulvériser, from Latin pulverizo, pulverizare, from pulvis (“powder”).

Pronunciation

Verb

pulverise (third-person singular simple present pulverises, present participle pulverising, simple past and past participle pulverised)

1. (transitive) To render into dust or powder.
2. (transitive) To completely destroy, especially by crushing to fragments or a powder.
3. (transitive) To defeat soundly, thrash.
4. (intransitive) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust.

Synonyms

• pulver (archaic)

Translations

See also

• nebulize
• vaporize

Anagrams

• prelusive, repulsive