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Buckled
To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.
📖 Definitions of "Buckled"
verb
- 1
To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.
- 2
To make bend; to cause to become distorted.
- 3
To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).
"It is amazing that he has never buckled after so many years of doing such urgent work."
- 4
To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
verb
- 1
To fasten using a buckle.
- 2
To unite in marriage.
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