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crumble
[ kruhm-buhl ]
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
- to fall into small pieces; break or part into small fragments.
Synonyms: disintegrate
- to decay or disintegrate gradually:
The ancient walls had crumbled.
noun
- a crumbly or crumbled substance.
- crumbles, bits of crisp bacon, bread, etc., added to other foods, especially as a topping.
- British Dialect. crumb; particle; fragment.
crumble
/ ˈkrʌmbəl /
verb
- to break or be broken into crumbs or fragments
- intr to fall apart or away
his resolution crumbled
noun
- a baked pudding consisting of a crumbly mixture of flour, fat, and sugar over stewed fruit
apple crumble
Other Words From
- crumbling·ness noun
- half-crumbled adjective
- un·crumbled adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of crumble1
Idioms and Phrases
see that's how the ball bounces (cookie crumbles) .Example Sentences
"This government inherited a crumbling local government sector," the spokesperson said.
"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.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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