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the sound of something crunching; "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path" a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources); "an end-of-the year crunch"; "a financial crunch" make crunching noises; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks" press or grind with a crunching noise the act of crushing reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" |
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