to buckle
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4.1
- verb
- /ˈbʌkəl/
:
deformarse
- After the earthquake, the metal beams began to buckle from the pressure of the shifting ground.
I can't buckle under my sheer weight, my sheer girth.
- I can't buckle under my sheer weight, my sheer girth.
- And when those systems become stressed, the ones that are not sustainable buckle and collapse pretty quickly.
- We get classic Sarah J Maas, heavy breasts that ache, knees buckling.
- Think about the times that people laid hate on you and then refuse to buckle under that.
- There's, you know, the amount of compressive force to make a beam buckle.
- And in response, the administration buckled.
Examples
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Fanakisi's line began to buckle and soon the centre and left were also being forced down the slope.
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And when those systems become stressed, the ones that are not sustainable buckle and collapse pretty quickly.
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But one girl did not buckle under that pressure.
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As they reach the midpoint of the bridge, it begins to buckle under them.
Fiction book (1993) -
Supply chains buckled because of shortages either of goods or of people to deliver them.
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When she did, her knees buckled and she stumbled to a chair.
Fiction book (1992) -
Without special building techniques, road surfaces buckle, and foundations and walls corrode and collapse.
Academic text (2003) -
These reserves swept down upon the Soso ranks, causing them to buckle and the entire army to retreat.
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The men scramble away as the dam wall buckles and bursts open.
Fiction book (1992) -
The intense heat made the pavement buckle under the weight of the trucks passing over it.
Synonyms
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3.5
To stop being strong and bend or break under pressure
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6.7
Collapse inward suddenly because of strong outside pressure
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4.9
To bend out of shape when heated or wet
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3.9
Suddenly fall down because something is weak or hit hard
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5.9
To bend and push up often because of pressure or heat
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Etymology
Buckle (verb) also came to mean 'to bend' or 'to give way' because metal or beams often fold or bend when under great pressure. That's why we say a bridge or a person 'buckles' under stress — they bend or fail under the load.