crunch up

crunch up

To fracture or break someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "crunch" and "up." Of course I worry about you riding a motorcycle—people get seriously crunched up in motorcycle accidents! I crunch up some cookies and add them to the icing—that's my secret recipe. No, you need to wear wrist guards. I've been skateboarding exactly one time, and I crunched up my wrist pretty badly.

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crunch someone or something up

to break someone or something up into pieces. That machine will crunch you up. Stay away from it! A number of blows with the hammer crunched up the rocks into pebbles. Try to crunch the larger chunks up.

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