Synonym: bray, comminute, compaction, crackle, cranch, craunch, crush, grind, mash, munch, scranch, scraunch. Similar words: scrunch, punch, bunch, lunch, launch, truncated, staunch, unchangeable. Meaning: [krʌntʃ] 
n. 1. the sound of something crunching 2. a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources) 3. the act of crushing. v. 1. make crunching noises 2. press or grind with a crunching noise 3. chew noisily 4. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.
n. 1. the sound of something crunching 2. a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources) 3. the act of crushing. v. 1. make crunching noises 2. press or grind with a crunching noise 3. chew noisily 4. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading. 
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181, However, scientists are already thinking about so-called exascale machines which would be able to crunch through one quintillion (one million trillion) calculations per second.
182, The credit crunch and gyrating oil prices have chill through many segments of the oil industry.
183, Some short-term notes come due. That has caused a temporary cash flow crunch for our firm.
184, The credit crunch will thus hurt not only companies but also households.
185, Curiously the crunch has not shaken faith in two currencies favoured by yield-hungry investors: the Brazilian real and Turkish lira.
186, People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.
187, Yet the credit crunch has again pushed the UN to the sidelines.
188, How much will the credit crunch hurt the world economy?
More similar words: scrunch, punch, bunch, lunch, launch, truncated, staunch, unchangeable, run, crush, crust, cruise, accrue, run out, trunk, run off, crucial, recruit, scrutiny, run down, on the run, runner, run into, run out of, run over, scrub brush, scrupulous, run after, inscrutable, excruciating.