crumble

"If the ice underneath is rotten - eroded by salt - it'll crumble away under stress and maybe drift somewhere more shallow," says Prof Meijers.

President Trump’s foreign policy of militant nationalism and a new American Manifest Destiny will also cause more wars and other armed conflicts as the existing rules-based international order crumbles.

On the other hand, it is undeniable that a white-ball empire has crumbled on Key's watch.

“Everything across the street — gone. Torched. Fully crumbled down.”

But will we crumble into the sea or light on fire?