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crunched (on)

verb

past tense of crunch (on)

as in chewed

to crush or grind with the teeth people who crunch on hard candies during movies really annoy me

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Chunks of concrete were flung into a nesting and migration site important to some endangered species and a fire chewed through around 4 acres of Boca Chica State Park Land south of the Texas launchpad.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
That is to say nothing of periodic smaller disasters, such as last year's Texas floods that engulfed young campers; the Los Angeles wildfires that chewed through entire neighborhoods; and Typhoon Kalmaegi, which walloped Vietnam and the Philippines.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

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