crumble
/ˈkɹʌmbəl/verb2 syllables
Crumble means: fall apart.
Synonyms for crumble9
What does crumble mean?3
verb
1
fall apart“the building crumbled after the explosion”
2
fall into decay or ruin“The unoccupied house started to decay”
3
break or fall apart into fragments“The cookies crumbled”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with crumble?6
Show 40 near rhymes
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Crumble in a sentence
- Without warning, the lighthouse began to crumble under their feet.janni
- Stay away from the river's edge, it can crumble.Amastan
- If you go out into the sun, you'll crumble to dust.sundown
- The house just crumbled, turning into a pile of stones.AlanF_US
- The church's steeple is beginning to crumble with age.darinmex
- Pepe felt his life crumbling down at his feet.marcelostockle
- Successive governments have failed to address the country's crumbling infrastructure.The_World_Factbook
- The building crumbled to pieces three years ago.unknown
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Forms of crumble
as a verb
- past tense
- crumbled
- present participle
- crumbling
- third-person singular
- crumbles
- past participle
- crumbled