Defenition of the word crumble
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Defenition of the word crumble
- To break something into small pieces by pressing it flat, or grinding it to powder.
- To reduce in small fragments.
- fall apart; also used metaphorically: "Negociations broke down"
- break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"
- fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"
- fall apart; "the building crimbled after the explosion"; "Negociations broke down"
- fall into decay or ruin
- break or fall apart into fragments
- fall apart
Synonyms for the word crumble
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- break down
- cave in
- collapse
- crumble away
- crumble up
- crumple
- crush
- decay
- delapidate
- deteriorate
- disintegrate
- fall apart
- fall down
- fall to pieces
- give in
- grind
- powder
- submit
- surrender
- tumble
- yield
Similar words in the crumble
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- crumble
- crumbled
- crumbles
Hyponyms for the word crumble
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- break
- bust
- corrode
- deteriorate
- droop
- eat at
- erode
- fall apart
- gnaw
- gnaw at
- ruin
- rust
- wear
- wear away
- wear out
- weather
- wilt
Hypernyms for the word crumble
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- change
- change integrity
- disintegrate
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