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crumble

/ˈkɹʌmbəl/verb2 syllables

Crumble means: fall apart.

Synonyms for crumble9

verb, as in fall apart

crumple, tumble, break down, collapse

verb, as in fall into decay or ruin

decay, dilapidate

verb, as in break or fall apart into fragments

fall apart

also used for crumble

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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

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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

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of crumble

as a verb

past tense
crumbled
present participle
crumbling
third-person singular
crumbles
past participle
crumbled