crumble
verb (used with object), crum·bled, crum·bling.
verb (used without object), crum·bled, crum·bling.
noun
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collapse, tumble, disintegrate, decay, grind, crush, degenerate, dissolve, deteriorate, pulverize, crumb, perish, fragment, molder, powder, granulate, putrefy, decompose, triturateExamples from the Web for crumble
Contemporary Examples of crumble
But, Ali warns all that can change quickly if Anbar continues to crumble, “right now, we are looking into the Abyss.”
For such a source of outward joy to crumble so violently, what the hell happened?
Afghans will lose faith in it and the credibility of modern political institutions will crumble.
The Congressman barely batted an eye when the stage beneath him began to crumble under the weight of the supporters on it.
“The point that people forget is that the music industry started to crumble, and everything started to change,” she says.
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Historical Examples of crumble
With every lurch of her feet, Andrew expected to feel her crumble beneath him.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
It seemed too bright for a thing formed of dust, and doomed to crumble into dust again.
Sylph EtheregeNathaniel Hawthorne
Not yet to be, and nevertheless to crumble away in this fashion under the sky!
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
And if he did, are these walls that will crumble at a few cannon-shots?
Love-at-ArmsRaphael Sabatini
Is it in this wise that a house noble for centuries is to crumble into ruin?
The Fortunes Of GlencoreCharles James Lever