verb
- Fall apart.
- usage: "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
- synonyms: crumble, tumble, break down, collapse
- Fold or collapse.
- usage: "His knees buckled"
- synonyms: buckle
- To gather something into small wrinkles or folds.
- usage: "She puckered her lips"
- Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased.
- usage: "This fabric won't wrinkle"
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