crumple zones
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The car was specifically designed to improve safety, with changes that included taller, wider and identical bodies, larger crumple zones and impact-absorbing foam built into both sides.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
The casting technique was popularised by Tesla as an alternative to the more labour-intensive method of assembling multiple stamped metal panels with crumple zones to absorb energy during a crash.
From Reuters ● Oct. 11, 2022
As for safety, the drone is built with crumple zones around the pilot's seat to cushion the impact of a low-altitude crash.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2022
They were forced to develop technologies such as crumple zones to absorb impacts, and catalytic converters to meet tough laws imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 1970s.
From Nature ● Jul. 14, 2019
Malin Ekholm, the vice president of the Volvo Cars Safety Center, points out that its vehicles’ seats have vertical crumple zones.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2018
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