pancaked
Compressed upon impact
Pancaked is the past tense of pancake, meaning to flatten or collapse into a compressed layer.
Buildings pancake when floors collapse onto each other: The tower pancaked in seconds.
Aircraft pancake when they drop flat onto a runway or water.
In skiing or snowboarding, to pancake is to fall flat: He caught an edge and pancaked hard.
Crushed by force
- compressedReduced by pressure
- crushedCompressed into fragments
- pressedPushed or smoothed flat
- steamrolledDefeated overwhelmingly
ironed · leveled · smoothed · spread · splayed · deflated · thinned · rolled
Suddenly failed or slept
- crumpledCrushed into irregular folds
- smashedBroken or intoxicated
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
rear-ended · head-on · airbag · deformation · totaled · pileup · fender-bender · T-boned
Collapsed under external force
- crumbledBroke into particles
- toppledCaused to fall
- fallenHaving dropped down
- buckledFailed under stress
rubble · debris · demolished · leveled · razed · subsidence · sinkhole · earthquake
squashed
Crushed by force
- compressedReduced by pressure
- crushedCompressed into fragments
- pressedPushed or smoothed flat
steamrolled · ironed · leveled · smoothed · spread · splayed · deflated · thinned · rolled · spatchcocked
crashed
Suddenly failed or slept
- crumpledCrushed into irregular folds
- smashedBroken or intoxicated
- impactForceful contact or consequence
wreckage · rear-ended · head-on · airbag · deformation · totaled · pileup · fender-bender · T-boned · sideswiped
imploded
Collapsed under external force
buckled · rubble · debris · demolished · leveled · razed · subsidence · sinkhole · earthquake · avalanche
pancakedbounced back
Recovered after difficulty
rebounded · sprung back · sprang back · ricocheted · bounced
- flat as a pancakeExtremely horizontal comparison
- pancake mixPre-measured batter ingredients
- blueberry pancakesFruit-filled griddle breakfast
- pancake batterRaw mixture for griddle cakes
- French pancakesThin batter rounds, Gallic style
- potato pancakeFried grated tuber patty